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New Mexico AFL-CIO: Call for labor unity, bring the troops home
June 17, 2005ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The biennial convention of the New Mexico Federation of Labor met here June 10-11. The 163 delegates began their full agenda with a greeting by Executive Director Daniel Rivera. Next followed a memorial...
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World Notes
June 17, 2005Australia: Protest U.S.-Australian military exercise Peace, anti-nuclear, environment and anti-military campaigners from around Australia gathered June 10-12 for a Peace Convergence near the site of many of the exercises in joint U.S.-Australian military exercises involving 30,000...
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OAS stands up to U.S., supports Venezuela
June 17, 2005News Analysis “Madam Secretary, democracy cannot be imposed,” said Celso Amorim, Brazil’s foreign minister, in reply to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the 35th General Assembly of the Organization of the American States (OAS). “Latin...
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UN meet: Were losing the fight against AIDS
June 17, 2005UNITED NATIONS — The world is losing ground in the fight against HIV and AIDS, UN officials told a special General Assembly conference here June 2. “Last year saw more new infections and more AIDS-related deaths...
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Western Saharas quest for self-determination
June 17, 2005News Analysis Recent developments in northwestern Africa, along with worldwide observances of African Liberation Day, provide occasion to reflect on the continent’s last remaining colony, Western Sahara. The politics of oil, a repressive occupation, and a...
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