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Calif. bill would add LGBT history in public schools
April 22, 2011Lawmakers are considering a bill to make sure the historical contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people are accurately portrayed in public schools.
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World Notes: Finland, Honduras, Japan – and more
April 22, 2011Buoyed by opposition to EU bailouts and disillusionment with government scandals and arrivals of new immigrants, the populist True Finn Party won 19.1 percent of the votes in elections April 17.
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Strike shakes up Bolivian government
April 22, 2011President Evo Morales' socialist government is close to warding off a challenge to its staying power.
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“Emergency powers” dictatorship seizes a Michigan city
April 21, 2011Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder stripped the people of Benton Harbor, Mich., of their voting rights and their elected officials last week.
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Look for the Union Bunny
April 21, 2011At Bunny Headquarters, Solomon P. Bunny, union executive secretary, and a militant corps of Easter bunnies were preparing picket signs.
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