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  • World celebrates Russian Revolution

    World celebrates Russian Revolution

    November 30, 2007

    MOSCOW — Over 20,000 people marched and rallied here Nov. 7 to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Great October Revolution. The date marks the victory by the Russian working class and its peasant allies for...

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  • French strikes: the end or beginning?

    French strikes: the end or beginning?

    November 30, 2007

    News Analysis PARIS — During France’s powerful public workers’ strikes of November-December 1995, the political waters were somewhat muddy. On the one hand, President Jacques Chirac had based his recent election campaign on the theme of...

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  • Colombias Uribe blocks prisoner exchange

    Colombias Uribe blocks prisoner exchange

    November 30, 2007

    Amid recriminations and hyperbole, Venezuela-Colombia relations have deteriorated following Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s suspension of negotiations toward an exchange of 500 imprisoned combatants of the Revolutionary Army Forces of Colombia (FARC) for 45 prisoners held by...

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  • Jewish Americans speak out for Middle East peace

    Jewish Americans speak out for Middle East peace

    November 30, 2007

    CLEVELAND — Anna Baltzer, author of “Witness in Palestine: Journal of a Jewish American Woman in the Occupied Territories,” spoke on Nov. 19 at the Middle East Peace Forum here, a “culturally diverse group” committed to...

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  • America is missing its middle

    America is missing its middle

    November 30, 2007

    Worker’s Correspondence If your Oreo didn’t have the sugary white middle, wouldn’t you notice? If, over time, your car tire middles collapsed, you would notice. So why for so long has our country’s middle been allowed...

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