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  • Venezuela, Cuba deepen their many-sided ties

    Venezuela, Cuba deepen their many-sided ties

    October 26, 2007

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s visit to Cuba Oct. 13-15 was distinguished by poetic homage to revolutionary Latin American heroes and by practical agreements aimed at strengthening both the Venezuelan-Cuban alliance and regional economic independence. The visit...

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  • N.Y. cabbies strike over GPS tracking scheme

    N.Y. cabbies strike over GPS tracking scheme

    October 26, 2007

    NEW YORK — New York cabbies held a successful 24-hour strike here Oct. 22 in protest of the new global positioning system devices being mandated by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The strike, which...

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  • Government stumbles in Holy Land trial

    Government stumbles in Holy Land trial

    October 26, 2007

    DALLAS — The long-awaited verdicts in one of the country’s most critical civil rights cases were revealed Oct. 22 at the Earle Cabell Federal Building downtown. The Holy Land Foundation, the largest organization providing charitable aid...

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  • L.A. calls for immediate pullout from Iraq

    L.A. calls for immediate pullout from Iraq

    October 26, 2007

    LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-2 on Oct. 16 to tell President Bush “to immediately commence a rapid, humane, and complete withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Iraq. Los Angeles is now the...

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  • Republican wins in Louisiana, exploits Jena 6

    Republican wins in Louisiana, exploits Jena 6

    October 26, 2007

    Republican Bobby Jindal won election as governor of Louisiana, Oct. 20, with a campaign that evaded the issues while offering barely coded appeals to racism in the case of the Jena Six. Jindal won 53 percent...

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