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Settlements seen as key obstacle to peace
January 25, 2008Despite President Bush’s much-publicized visit to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank this month, most commentators say no peace progress is likely without U.S. pressure on Israel to halt its settlements in the West Bank. Now...
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Israelis, Palestinians protest Gaza blockade, call for peace
January 25, 2008As Israel imposed a lockdown and continued a military assault on Gaza, and rockets from Gaza continued to terrify the bordering Israeli village of Sderot, Israeli peace and human rights advocates organized a relief convoy and...
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Lawmakers: recession already here for millions
January 25, 2008WASHINGTON — Lawmakers stood on the Senate and House floor this week and decried hunger and homelessness spreading like a plague among their constituents as the nation plunges toward economic recession. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) told...
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Gov. takes meat-ax to health care in Calif.
January 25, 2008Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts not only slash state spending for health care but also imperil federal matching funds for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program serving millions of the poorest Californians, health care advocates say....
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World notes: Jan. 26
January 25, 2008Belgium: European Roma suffer persecution Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, member of the European Parliament (EP), charged Jan. 16 that the European Commission has failed the Roma people by failing to implement anti-discrimination measures passed in April 2005....
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