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Gay Games shine bright in Chicago
July 21, 2006WHAT’S REALLY GOOD Gay Games shine bright in Chicago CHICAGO — The VII Gay Games Sports and Cultural Festival began on July 15 and continued to rock this city through the week until July 22, with...
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Weapon of mass destruction
July 14, 2006The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that Iraq, with a population of about 26 million, in the year 2000 had a total of 195,374 new cases of cancer and 126,677 cancer deaths, most of them...
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The Beautiful Game
July 14, 2006The 2006 World Cup has ended. Italy is world champion, France is second and Germany is third. No other world sporting event is truly an international tournament like soccer’s World Cup. The World Cup tournament began...
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Demand rises for recount in Mexico
July 14, 2006MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute has declared Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) winner of the July 2 presidential election by the narrowest of margins. However, evidence is mounting that the election...
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Bush retreat fails to silence demand: Close Guantanamo!
July 13, 2006WASHINGTON — Fighters for justice and peace greeted a Pentagon memo asserting that 1,000 or more detainees at secret U.S. military prisons around the world are protected by the Geneva Conventions. They called for the closing...
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