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  • New Orleans spurns voting rights, NAACP charges

    New Orleans spurns voting rights, NAACP charges

    March 24, 2006

    The New Orleans primary election set for April 22 violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act, NAACP President and CEO Bruce Gordon has charged. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has assailed the Justice...

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  • Worldwide rallies say Stop the war

    Worldwide rallies say Stop the war

    March 24, 2006

    The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion was marked by worldwide demonstrations demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq and in many cases, “No attack on Iran.” Up to 100,000 people marched in London March...

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  • NATIONALCLIPS

    NATIONALCLIPS

    March 24, 2006

    MINNESOTA: “Impeach Bush” and “Make levees not war” on banners, signs and flags sent the antiwar message swirling as 4,200 marchers made their way through downtown Minneapolis. High school student David Langree said he decided to...

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  • Thousands say enough! in nationwide war protests

    Thousands say enough! in nationwide war protests

    March 24, 2006 By Marilyn Bechtel

    Thousands marched down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, March 18, demanding an end to the Iraq war. The evening march, estimated at 7,000, was one of the largest of hundreds of protests around the nation on the third...

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  • French protest job bill

    French protest job bill

    March 24, 2006

    After a weekend of protests in which 1.5 million people took to the streets, French labor unions are preparing for a general strike in response to what they call a dangerous and disturbing new law. The...

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