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  • EDITORIAL: The Pope & Bushs holy war

    EDITORIAL: The Pope & Bushs holy war

    September 22, 2006

    Pope Benedict XVI stirred worldwide outrage when he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor calling Islam “evil and inhuman,” a faith that has been “spread by the sword.” In apologizing, he claimed the quote was taken out...

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  • Cuban life, beauty and complexity  in black and white

    Cuban life, beauty and complexity in black and white

    September 22, 2006

    Cuba Photographs by Jack Kenny Corazon Press, 2005 Hardcover, 120 pp., $65The island nation of Cuba is one of the most fabled places on earth. Just the mention of its name evokes a plethora of images,...

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  • At home and at UN: Bush isolated on war policy

    At home and at UN: Bush isolated on war policy

    September 22, 2006

    UNITED NATIONS — “Bush is in town,” the woman working behind the coffee bar said unenthusiastically to her co-worker. It captured the mood in New York City as President George Bush arrived for the opening of...

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  • Arms control takes center stage at UN meet

    Arms control takes center stage at UN meet

    September 20, 2006

    UNITED NATIONS — Convening under the theme of “Unfinished business: effective partnerships for human security and sustainable development,” the 59th annual UN Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations met here Sept. 6-8. The conference drew representatives from more...

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  • Terrorism in the belly of the beast

    Terrorism in the belly of the beast

    September 9, 2006

    Father Geoff Bottoms, president of the London-based UK Free the Five Committee, visited two of the Cuban Five political prisoners in the U.S. recently. We publish his report as part of an “International Month of Action”...

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