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Egypts untouchables
November 2, 2007Commentary Egypt’s independent, nongovernmental press is trying to cope with government regulations that stifle freedom of speech and deny the public access to balanced news coverage. Last month, some newspapers decided to write about Egyptian President...
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Critics: U.S. resisting ban on cluster bombs
November 2, 2007BRUSSELS, Belgium (IPS) — The United States is leading efforts to resist a complete ban on cluster bombs, human rights activists charge. But a conference called by European governments in Brussels Oct. 30 is regarded as...
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UN official: Iran is cooperating well
November 2, 2007A senior United Nations official said that cooperation with Iran was “good” Oct. 29, a day after the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency said that there was no evidence that Iran was working to...
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21 states to exhaust childrens health funds in 2008
November 2, 2007WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans sustained President Bush’s veto of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill for the second time in as many weeks, ignoring a new report that 21 states will run out of...
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NAACP: treatment of Black youth an emergency
November 2, 2007The NAACP has declared a “state of emergency” in the criminal justice system’s brutal mistreatment of Black youth across the nation. The declaration cites the zealous over-prosecution of the Jena Six teenagers in Louisiana, the killing...
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