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The strange twists of U.S. refugee policy

August 21, 2004

Citing terrorist dangers, Federal immigration authorities announced a crackdown at U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico Aug. 11. Refugees who are detained will no longer have access to U.S. courts for rulings as to whether they...

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.

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...

International notes

August 13, 2004

Canada: Wal-Mart workers win union Workers at a Wal-Mart store in Jonquiere, Quebec, have won the right to a union, after the Quebec Labour Relations Board ruled Aug. 2 to grant them union certification with the...

International notes

August 1, 2004

Greece: Olympic construction takes big toll George Theodorou, head of the Greek Construction Workers’ Union, told the BBC last week that he has details of 14 workers who have died while building facilities for next month’s...