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N.Y. to slash literacy funding
April 9, 2010Though illiteracy here and across the U.S. continues to be a growing social problem, efforts to combat it are under attack by the city and state legislature, under the guise of reigning in runaway spending.
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Palestinians and Israelis call for nonviolent people power to end occupation
April 9, 2010A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian Communist leaders last month highlighted a new approach that is gaining favor among Palestinians as the path to achieving a state of their own alongside Israel.
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Court strikes blow against equal Internet access
April 9, 2010A blow was struck to equal access to the Internet by a federal appeals court this week.
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FARC releases prisoners as prelude to exchange
April 9, 2010Colombia guerrillas unilaterally release prisoners as a step towards political solutions to the 40-year civil conflict.
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Chicago students walk out to protest education cuts
April 9, 2010More than 500 high school students walked out of classrooms at public schools city wide to massive education budget cuts.
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