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Senate, in narrow vote, OKs Bush rule on mercury
September 21, 2005WASHINGTON — On Sept. 13 the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution offered by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would have maintained a firm timetable for the reduction...
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Calif. gov. to veto same-sex marriage
September 16, 2005Within a day after the California Legislature approved a bill legalizing same sex marriage, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said last week that while he respects the legal protections already in place in California for gays, he would...
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Missouri activists press for LGBT rights
September 16, 2005ST. LOUIS — While Missouri was the first state to add a discriminatory amendment to its state constitution banning same-gender marriage, the Show-Me State’s LGBT community has not backed down and has recommitted itself to achieving...
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Egypt election a parody of the democratic process
September 16, 2005News Analysis For decades, some would say centuries, Egyptians have suffered under autocracy and have yearned for freedom’s sun to rise. President Hosni Mubarak, who came to power in the wake of the 1981 assassination of...
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Len Levenson, 92, fighter for democracy
September 16, 2005On Aug. 7 the world lost a fighter for peace and social justice. Leonard Levenson passed away at the age of 92 in New York City. Levenson came of political age during the 1930s — the...
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