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  • Texas Democrats defy GOP power grab

    Texas Democrats defy GOP power grab

    May 16, 2003 By Mark Almberg

    ARDMORE, Okla. – The power grab by President George W. Bush, his advisor Karl Rove, and U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay to redraw Texas congressional districts in order to send up to seven new right-wing extremists...

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  • Attacks on journalists prompt call for inquiry

    Attacks on journalists prompt call for inquiry

    May 15, 2003

    As Operation Iraqi Freedom shifts to an occupation plan, international concern is being raised over the deaths of journalists in the course of the fighting. A total of 14 international reporters died in Iraq in just...

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  • Independent journalists in Cuba hold ties to U.S.

    Independent journalists in Cuba hold ties to U.S.

    May 15, 2003

    News Analysis On World Press Freedom Day, May 3, journalists who have died in performance of their duties are honored. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a U.S.-based organization founded in 1981, observed the day by...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    May 15, 2003

    Iraq: Agriculture in danger Agriculture in Iraq is on the verge of collapse, raising fears that many of the country’s 24.5 million people will go hungry this summer, the London Observer said this week. The Observer...

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  • Cuba rejects U.S. terrorism claims

    Cuba rejects U.S. terrorism claims

    May 15, 2003

    The Cuban Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected Cuba’s inclusion in the list of countries allegedly sponsoring international terrorism the U.S. government issued April 30. “The Bush administration is once again lying to the U.S. and international...

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