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Mexican govt attacks miners union
January 24, 2009Since 2006, the right-wing Mexican governments of Vicente Fox and Felipe Calderon have been engaged in a war of nerves with the National Union of Mine, Metal and Allied Workers. Calderon has now escalated the fight...
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WORLD NOTES: January 31
January 24, 2009Paraguay: Agrarian reform unveiled Timed with President Fernando Lugo’s promise to respect landowning rights for 300,000 soy farmers from Brazil, Rural Development Minister Alberto Alderete on Jan. 12 launched the first phase of an agrarian reform...
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“Milk” still gives us hope
January 24, 2009The fight for justice, the fight for equality, and the passion to stand up for hope and change were themes racing through my head after seeing “Milk,” directed by Gus Van Sant.
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Editorial: Time to give peace a chance
January 24, 2009As President Obama opens a new chapter in our history, the world looks to him with hope that now, finally, we can give peace a chance. Television and computer screens across America and the globe were...
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LETTERS January 31, 2009
January 24, 2009Quotes of the week Hallelujah! In his inaugural speech (albeit without attribution) President Obama quoted from Thomas Paine’s American Crisis No. 1. “Let it be told to the future world ... that in the depth of...
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