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Cubans mobilize to counter Ivans wrath
September 17, 2004Three days before Hurricane Ivan grazed Cuba, U.S. journalist Karen Wald heard from a Cuban friend: “Everything is crazy with Ivan coming. This is a war situation here. … People are really scared.” Cuba was still...
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Schoolchildren protest Israels apartheid wall
September 17, 2004A-RAM, West Bank — More than a thousand Palestinian schoolchildren, boys and girls from age 6 to 14, wearing their school uniforms and carrying books and supplies, demonstrated here on Sept. 13 in the shadows of...
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A wife fights for her husbands freedom
September 17, 2004TAMPA — The Bill of Rights guarantees persons accused of a crime a speedy trial, but Sami Al-Arian and his seven co-defendants have been in federal prison a year-and-a-half and their trial is not scheduled until...
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From Aug. 29 to Election Day: Mass action can defeat the Bush agenda
September 17, 2004News Analysis On Aug. 29, a half million people marched in New York City at the opening of the Republican National Convention to say “No to the Bush agenda!” People filled the streets with signs and...
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National Clips
September 17, 2004ST. LOUIS: GOP kills assault weapons ban It’s official. Anyone can now buy an AK-47 assault rifle at any gun shop in the U.S. over the counter. President Bush, who has claimed he supports continuing the...
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