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Cuba devastated by Ike, but Cubans show grit
September 11, 2008HAVANA – (Sept. 10) Cuba has been, and continues to be, devastated by Hurricane Ike. The only thing, and without question the most important thing, that hasn't been devastated is the will and determination of the...
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People of faith unite to end poverty
September 11, 2008The Census Bureau reported earlier this month another rise in the federal poverty rate in 2007, and economists believe that with growing unemployment, those figures will only get worse. So this week a faith-based coalition of...
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The cruelty of modern-day slavery in U.S. farm fields
September 11, 2008In a dehumanizing federal case, five members of the same family in Immokalee Fla. pleaded guilty Sept. 2 to enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan farmworkers for more than two years. Slavery in the U.S. has been banned...
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Palin distorts Founders religious views
September 11, 2008Before the selection of Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin, as the Republican vice presidential nominee, the 2008 campaign had been notable for the apparently declining influence of evangelical Christians on American politics. Notwithstanding the evangelicals' strong support...
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Tear gas, pepper sprayWelcome to GOP convention
September 11, 2008ST. PAUL, Minn. (PAI)--As the Republican National Convention convened on Sept. 1 in downtown St. Paul, Minn., more than 10,000 people, including unionists, took to the streets to protest the Iraq War and demand new priorities...
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