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Students demand voting rights in Prairie View
February 26, 2008HOUSTON – The Houston Chronicle reports that police in Waller County estimate about 2,000 people marched 7.3 miles on Feb. 19 from Prairie View A&M University to the Waller County Courthouse in Hempstead, Texas to demand...
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Online rally for paid sick days: Help solve a public health crisis
February 26, 2008Your child wakes up one morning and doesn’t feel well. You wish you could stay home with her, but if you miss work you will lose a day’s pay – or risk being fired. Your family...
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Iraqi Communist Party calls for immediate end to Turkish military operations
February 26, 2008The Iraqi Communist Party issued a press statement on 22 February 2008 condemning the incursion by Turkish forces into Iraqi territory and calling on the Turkish authorities to immediately end their military operations. The following is...
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Cyprus: Presidential election, a victory for peace
February 26, 2008On Sunday Feb. 24 the second round of the presidential election for the island nation of Cyprus concluded with the election of Dimitris Christofias, leader of the Progressive Party of the Working People of Cyprus (AKEL)....
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For Cuba, the world: end of an era
February 26, 2008Cuba has a new president. Voting on February 24, Cuba’s newly elected National Assembly selected former First Vice President Raúl Castro as President of the Council of State, the official whom Cuba’s constitution designates as President...
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