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  • Mexico remembers Tlatelolco, 1968

    Mexico remembers Tlatelolco, 1968

    October 18, 2008

    On Oct. 2 Mexicans observed the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre with a march of tens of thousands of people through Mexico City and other events. Veterans of 1968 marched alongside students who were...

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  • World notes: October 18, 2008

    World notes: October 18, 2008

    October 17, 2008

    World notes Afghanistan: Military victory unlikely Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith, who commands a British Air Assault Brigade that has taken severe losses from the Taliban, told the Sunday Times Oct. 5, “We’re not going to win this...

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  • Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression

    Mexico teacher rebellion gains support, repression

    October 14, 2008 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

    Widespread popular support and military repression cast ongoing teacher protests in Morelos state — home to famous revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — as a replay of events two years ago in Oaxaca. At issue are measures taken...

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  • WORLD NOTES: October 11

    WORLD NOTES: October 11

    October 10, 2008

    Colombia: Deaths, suffering mount The forced displacement of 270,675 Colombians during the first half of 2008 signifies a 41 percent rise over the comparable period last year, according to the Council on Human Rights and Displacement....

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  • Searching for justice, not theater

    Searching for justice, not theater

    October 9, 2008

    [Oct. 6] marks the 32nd anniversary of the cold-blooded assassination of 73 innocent people aboard a Cubana de Aviacion passenger flight over the waters of Barbados. Thirty-two years of impunity for Luis Posada Carriles, the mastermind...

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