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A world of light and darkness
October 10, 2003Opinion Recently, news of a blackout hit the world press: the giant blackout that affected more than 50 million people in the northeastern USA and Canada. It lasted more than 24 hours, paralyzing transportation, causing massive...
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A new beginning for WTO after Cancun
October 10, 2003Opinion Forget the spin you have been reading in the papers about the “failure” of the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun. It was one of the most successful international meetings in years because it redefined...
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Aborting rights
October 10, 2003Opinion President Bush may soon sign legislation that bans abortions – with no exception for the mother’s health – and would jail doctors for providing what is in some cases life-and-death reproductive health care to women...
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Freedom Ride shakes up political landscape
October 10, 2003Armed with solidarity, songs and the legacy of America’s civil rights movement, two busloads of immigrants and their African-American, white, Arab-, Asian-, and Latin-American supporters faced down dozens of Department of Homeland Security agents and their...
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Letters
October 10, 2003Support ‘Marriage Equality’ Bush’s support of “Marriage Protection Week” is a public relations ploy developed by a right-wing coalition bent on denying same-sex couples equal legal protection under the law. These groups claim they merely wish...
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