World
Swimming to the other side, memoirs of Victor Grossman
November 17, 2006BOOKREVIEWCrossing the River: A Memoir of the American Left, the Cold War and Life in East Germany By Victor Grossman University of Massachusetts Press, 2003 Softcover, 328 pp., $24.95 “Thinking of Germany in the night,” wrote...
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Citgo donates $400,000 to Chicago school clinic
November 10, 2006CHICAGO — Citgo Petroleum Corp., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Venezuela’s publicly owned oil company, announced Nov. 2 it was giving $400,000 to help kick-start a new health clinic at Little Village Lawndale High School on the...
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Film captures horror of repression in Haiti
November 3, 2006VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After U.S. Marines seized Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Feb. 29, 2004, and flew him to the Central African Republic, the newly installed interim government unleashed a campaign of terror against Aristide’s...
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EDITORIAL: Global warming: act now
November 3, 2006A new British government study considered the most comprehensive review on the economic impact of global warming says “staying the course” will have dire consequences for human social and economic activity. At the same time, it...
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Immigrant mother defends sons future
November 3, 2006CHICAGO — Two and half months have passed since Elvira Arellano took sanctuary here at a northwest side church, defying U.S. government efforts to deport her to Mexico. Arellano is optimistic about her prospects, and says...
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