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Morales scores victory
August 16, 2008The epic nature of today’s events in Bolivia flows from the long struggle between the country’s indigenous majority and a Europeanized ruling class, and from disparities between impoverished western highlands and four lowland eastern departments (states)...
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Beijing Olympics showcase harmony concept
August 16, 2008The Beijing Olympics opening ceremony began at 8:08 a.m., on the eighth day of the eighth month of 2008. The exact time was picked by organizers because of the meaning of the number eight to the...
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Labors fight against racism has impact
August 16, 2008Obama holds 10 pt. lead among lower income white workers CHICAGO — The leaders of America’s labor movement are calling upon white union members to put aside any racial biases that could undermine Barack Obama’s labor-supported...
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August 16, 2008State budget gaps spreading, reports say Like pollutants spreading through a food chain, the consequences of the country’s economic crisis are multiplying in state budgets around the nation. Bush administration policies have made the crisis worse....
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Black American swimmer wins Olympic gold, historic first
August 16, 2008Cullen Jones, only the second African-American to make the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, is the second African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal for his performance in the team’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay. Amid...
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