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Bushs hometown paper endorses John Kerry
October 8, 2004HOUSTON — The Lone Star Iconoclast, a weekly newspaper in Crawford, Texas (declared hometown of George W. Bush), has endorsed Democrat John Kerry for president. The newspaper’s editors endorsed Bush in 2000. The editors endorsed Kerry...
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Hi-tech phonebanking targets key voters
October 8, 2004Workers’ Correspondence NEW YORK — Citizen Action is a grassroots organization dedicated to defeating the right-wing administration in the White House. Along with America Coming Together (ACT), a national coalition of labor and community organizations, Citizen...
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International notes
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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