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Opposition attacks Morales Indian supporters
July 2, 2008After blocking the exits at the stadium in Sucre, Bolivia, May 24, thugs beat and verbally abused dozens of Indians in a crowd waiting to greet Bolivian President Evo Morales, a socialist. The local mayor, the...
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Cuban exiles linked to Mexican gangs
July 2, 2008A scandal is brewing that connects rightwing Cuban exiles in the United States with violent Mexican drug gangs trained by the U.S. military. The story first broke in the leftwing Mexico City daily, La Jornada. On...
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Workers at auto plant keep McCain at a distance
July 2, 2008Only a handful of auto workers at the Lordstown, Ohio plant showed up for a meeting that management arranged for those who wanted to meet Republican presidential candidate John McCain when he toured the plant June...
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South Africans pledge solidarity with Zimbabwe
July 2, 2008Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party held a widely condemned election on June 29 in which the opposition dropped out because of widespread violence and intimidation. The African Union on June 30 joined the international chorus...
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Union takes a stand against cruelty
July 2, 2008FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — The Unite Here union struck a blow June 24 against some particularly vicious anti-immigrant ordinances in place in a Texas town. One of the worst of those ordinances seeks to instill fear...
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