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  • Greek elections show mounting discontent

    Greek elections show mounting discontent

    September 21, 2007

    ATHENS, Greece — The Sept. 16 parliamentary elections here handed the conservative New Democracy Party a 4-percentage-point re-election victory over the liberal opposition PASOK party. New Democracy won 42 percent of the vote and PASOK got...

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  • Anti-abortion zealots descend on Aurora

    Anti-abortion zealots descend on Aurora

    September 21, 2007

    AURORA, Ill. — This large Chicago suburb is at the forefront of the latest round of reproductive health battles as the religious right attempts to undermine the opening of a new Planned Parenthood clinic. The clinic...

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  • Born in the USA, dont take our parents away

    Born in the USA, dont take our parents away

    September 21, 2007 By Pepe Lozano

    WASHINGTON — Martin Andrade, 40, is a security officer from Chicago and is originally from Michoacan, Mexico. He has been living in the U.S. legally for almost 30 years. Two years ago, his wife and mother...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS: Sept. 22

    NATIONAL CLIPS: Sept. 22

    September 21, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards

    WASHINGTON: Thousands march against the war MILWAUKEE: Workers jam park vs. crackdown on undocumented TUSCALOOSA, Ala.: School ‘resegregation’ plan protested TRENTON, N.J.: State sues over children’s health insurance

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  • Calif. health care reform goes to special session

    Calif. health care reform goes to special session

    September 21, 2007

    The debate over statewide health care reform continued in California’s Legislature this week, at the same time the nation’s first city health care program, “Healthy San Francisco,” took another step toward implementation. Last week, Republican Gov....

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