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  • Haitis poor struggle against inhuman horror

    Haitis poor struggle against inhuman horror

    February 4, 2005

    The University of Miami Law School's recently released report exposes widespread human rights abuses taking place in Haiti under the U.S.-imposed government. The U.S.-sponsored coup on Feb. 29, 2004 ousted elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide. A...

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  • Quebec toys with electoral reform

    Quebec toys with electoral reform

    February 4, 2005

    The year 2004 closed with some tentative steps toward electoral reform in Canada, but no guarantee of real change. In December, Quebec became the first provincial government to submit a draft bill for mixed member proportional...

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  • Campaign to Free the Five grows worldwide

    Campaign to Free the Five grows worldwide

    February 4, 2005 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    CUBA NEWS Five Cuban men, in U.S. jails for six years, have gained support throughout the world because of the justice of their cause — defending Cuba against terrorism. The enormity of their sentences — life...

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  • Voices of the World Social Forum

    Voices of the World Social Forum

    February 4, 2005

    “Filipino migrants are all over the world. Why? Because they cannot make enough money to care for their families in the Philippines. “The government spends less than 1 cent per person per day on health care....

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    February 4, 2005

    NASHVILLE: Baptists call for Iraq war end, no-vote on Gonzalez More than 10,000 delegates representing 15 million African American Baptists in four denominations met here, Jan. 24 – 27, and issued a joint unity statement calling...

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