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  • Marriage equality fight continues

    Marriage equality fight continues

    August 21, 2004

    The fight for marriage equality took a disappointing turn Aug. 13 when the California Supreme Court nullified the nearly 4,000 marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples in that state. The 5-2 decision was met with both...

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  • Iraq’s communists urge political solutions

    Iraq’s communists urge political solutions

    August 21, 2004 By Susan Webb

    The military confrontation in Najaf needs to be resolved politically, through dialogue, Iraqi Communist Party spokesperson Salam Ali told the World in an Aug. 14 interview.

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  • AFL-CIO gets down to nuts and bolts

    AFL-CIO gets down to nuts and bolts

    August 21, 2004

    CHICAGO — If America’s union members have anything to say about it, come Nov. 2 this country’s ship of state will be making a sharp course correction. And they’ll have plenty to say about it, judging...

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  • Hugo Chavez wins in landslide

    Hugo Chavez wins in landslide

    August 21, 2004

    The people of Venezuela went to the polls in record-breaking numbers Aug. 15 and voted by a 58 percent majority against the recall of their president, Hugo Chávez. With several hundred thousand votes yet to be...

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  • Defeat Bush movement spurs mass voter sign-up

    Defeat Bush movement spurs mass voter sign-up

    August 21, 2004 By Susan Webb

    Leaders of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance had a busy day planned for Aug. 21.

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