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UN upholds rights of disabled
December 22, 2006UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first human rights treaty of the 21st century, here Dec. 13. Outgoing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said through...
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Chicago banquet celebrates, and dances
December 22, 2006CHICAGO — Grupo Yubá, a group of Puerto Rican percussionists, singers and dancers who issued the first CD of “bomba” and “plena” music in Chicago, drew listeners into a spontaneous dance during this year’s festive People’s...
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European Union embraces repressive laws
December 22, 2006New, repressive measures will soon be implemented in the European Union in the name of “combating terrorism.” Critics say the measures are actually aimed at nipping a growing European left-wing radicalism in the bud. The EU...
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Dixie Chicks still ashamed of the president
December 22, 2006MovieREVIEWShut Up and Sing Directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck The Weinstein Co., 2006, 93 min. The new documentary about the media flurry around the Dixie Chicks singing band brings recent American history into clear...
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Profile of a Hollywood blacklist victim
December 22, 2006The Hollywood blacklist of communist and suspected communist writers, actors, directors and others is widely viewed as having been an unconstitutional attack on civil liberties and political rights. Few people understand the basis on which the...
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