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Venezuela: Referendum provokes new crisis
December 12, 2003Once again Venezuela draws all the attention in Latin America’s evolving scene with the development of a new political crisis. This time it is due to the announced “success” in collecting signatures calling for a voter...
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Gay, womens groups build April 25 march
December 12, 2003NEW YORK – As the gay rights movement grew in influence in the last decade, Richard Burns says, conservative gay groups have become more vocal, seeking to push the movement to the right. He cited the...
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Religious leaders launch voter drive
December 12, 2003MILWAUKEE – A progressive Christian organizing institute, the Gamaliel Foundation, held its National Leadership Assembly here Dec. 4-6, kicking off campaigns for voter registration and education, immigrant rights, metro-suburban equity, and drug treatment as an alternative...
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National Clips
December 12, 2003LOS ANGELES: March for right to drive State law bars undocumented immigrant workers from getting a driver’s license, but hundreds of immigrant workers marched 50 miles from Claremont to Los Angeles to demand the legal right...
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Cincinnati killing Questions mount on police beating
December 12, 2003Ohio’s Hamilton County coroner ruled Dec. 3 that the death of Nathaniel Jones, 41, was a homicide. Jones, a Black man who weighed 350 pounds, was beaten to death by Cincinnati police officers, Nov. 30. Other...
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