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International notes
September 17, 2004Nigeria: Anti-union law passes Over the objections of the umbrella union organization, the Nigerian Labor Congress, and unions throughout the African continent, Nigeria’s senate Sept. 9 passed a blatantly anti-union labor law mandating jail for participants...
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U.S. gave cash to anti-Chavez groups
September 17, 2004Documents recently obtained from the U.S. Department of State under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by www.venezuelafoia.info demonstrate that more than $5 million annually during the past two years was given by the United States...
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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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