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WORLD NOTES: Sept. 8
September 7, 2007Chile: General strike triggers police repression The United Workers Central (CUT), Chile’s major labor confederation, launched a nationwide general strike Aug. 29. Workers and students marched, built barricades and demonstrated in many cities and towns. The...
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Western Sahara continues decolonization talks
September 7, 2007More than 50 years after the United Nations vowed to ensure the right to self-determination for every occupied territory, Western Sahara is still fighting for its independence. The current struggle began in early 1970s, when the...
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Neo-Nazis in Germany, or dj vu?
September 7, 2007BERLIN — An argument at a summer fair in the small town of Muegeln, between Leipzig and Dresden, ended with a mob of 50 drunken young men chasing eight men from India, longtime Muegeln residents, across...
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Is Bush planning war on Iran?
September 7, 2007News Analysis The Sunday Times of London is reporting that the Pentagon has plans for three days of massive air strikes against 1,200 targets in Iran. Last week, Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security...
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22 cities rally against gun violence
September 7, 2007PHILADELPHIA — As part of the 22-city National Day of Protest, some 200 people spilled into an intersection here for a noontime rally against gun violence, Aug. 28. The crowd assembled near Colosimo’s Gun Shop where...
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