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Roberts hostile to equal pay, memo shows
August 19, 2005WASHINGTON — A newly released legal memo by Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts calling pay equity for women a “pernicious” legal doctrine touched off demands by women’s organizations that he be quizzed closely on the...
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Showdown in Texas: The end of the occupation begins in Crawford
August 19, 2005CRAWFORD, Texas – Cindy Sheehan’s roadside vigil has reverberated in towns and cities around the nation and even through the gates of President Bush’s ranch here. Vowing to trail the president back to Washington at the...
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‘The end of the occupation begins in Crawford, Texas’
August 18, 2005CRAWFORD, Texas – Cindy Sheehan rode down to President Bush’s Crawford ranch last weekend on a Veterans For Peace bus after the veterans’ national convention in Dallas. Since then she has maintained a vigil outside Bush's...
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Sudanese vow to safeguard peace accord
August 18, 2005CARACAS, Venezuela — Sudanese delegates held a workshop Aug. 11 at the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students here. Titled “Civil war, democracy and the peace process in Sudan,” the workshop updated festival delegates on...
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Civil liberties group sues N.Y. police on transit searches
August 16, 2005NEW YORK — The New York Police Department’s new policy, in response to the July terrorist bombings in London, of randomly searching the bags of anyone on the subway, has brought turmoil to the city. The...
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