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UN, in rebuff to U.S., sets up rights council
March 24, 2006UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution March 15 establishing a new Human Rights Council that will replace the UN’s old, largely discredited Human Rights Commission. While nearly every country worked toward consensus,...
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Belarusian voters re-elect president
March 24, 2006Belarusian voters re-elected President Alexander Lukashenko for a third term on March 16, handing him 82.6 percent of the vote in very heavy turnout, according to election officials. Although many election monitors, including those from the...
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Revolution in Bolivia: a special case
March 24, 2006Evo Morales is Bolivia’s first indigenous head of state in 500 years. The day before his inauguration on Jan. 22, a huge assembly of Bolivia’s indigenous people, who represent two-thirds of the country’s population, ceremonially granted...
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Rally demands funds for NYC schools
March 24, 2006ALBANY, N.Y. — More than 2,500 New York City students, parents, teachers, City Council members and supporters came together here March 14 to demand billions of dollars in school funds that have been illegally held by...
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Gary meeting discusses economic agenda for Blacks
March 24, 2006GARY, Ind. — An array of African American business, political, civic, labor and economic leaders met at Westside High School here March 9-12 for the National Black People’s Unity Convention to discuss a long-term economic empowerment...
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