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October 8, 2004China: Gov’t issues new anti-poverty measures China’s State Council (cabinet) last week outlined measures to ease the growing gap between rich and poor, and urged local authorities to improve their systems of welfare and disaster relief....
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White House backs Israeli assault on Gaza
October 8, 2004UNITED NATIONS — The United States vetoed a draft UN resolution Oct. 5 demanding an immediate end to the massive Israeli military thrust into the Gaza Strip that has claimed at least 83 lives. Eleven members...
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New book on Cuban 5 accents family bonds
October 8, 2004At a public meeting in Havana on Sept. 18, the book “El Dulce Abismo” (The Sweet Abyss) was introduced to the world. As an index of the book’s significance, Ricardo Alarcon, president of the Cuban National...
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Wake up and vote
October 8, 2004MT. PLEASANT, Mich. — After watching weeks of political polls in the corporate media that extolled the strength of the Bush campaign and the weakness of his Democratic opposition, an event occurred at my university that...
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Voting is revolutionary
October 8, 2004Only a minority of the population in the U.S. actually practices its civic duty. Representative leadership in government is paramount in the struggle for real change in communities disenfranchised and oppressed. Our vote is our right....
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