CLEVELAND - Forty protesters, some wearing “Hazmat” suits, picketed the federal building here Jan. 16 in support of legislation to protect consumers from toxic imports. 
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Mexican labor authorities seized on technicalities to order an end to the strike at the country’s largest copper mine in Cananea, Sonora, on Friday. The Mexican press reports that over 700 heavily armed agents of the Sonora state police arrived in Cananea just hours before the decision was announced, and agents of the Federal Preventative Police were sent to this tiny mountain town as well.
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Oscar Niemeyer, one of the world's greatest architects, celebrated his 100 birthday on Dec. 14, 2007. Best known for the pioneering, breathtaking buildings he designed for Brazil's capital, he has inspired generations of architects with his embrace of curves, creative use of concrete, and reliance on local materials and techniques
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Una ola de protestas en contra de la represión tomaron lugar al frente de los tribunales federales en Puerto Rico y varias ciudades de Estados Unidos el 10 y 11 de enero. El motivo de estas protestas fue la renovación de actos por parte del FBI que, según sus propias declaraciones, que van dirigidos contra el movimiento por la independencia de Puerto Rico.
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Una ola de protestas en contra de la represión tomaron lugar al frente de los tribunales federales en Puerto Rico y varias ciudades de Estados Unidos el 10 y 11 de enero. El motivo de estas protestas fue la renovación de actos por parte del FBI que, según sus propias declaraciones, que van dirigidos contra el movimiento por la independencia de Puerto Rico.
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The policy of establishing and expanding settlements may well be the only constant in Israeli practices on occupied Palestinian territory since 1967. Yet it is possible to discern several distinct phases in this policy depending on the party in power in Israel.
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In Colombia, four million people have been forced from their homes and land. Poverty is rampant: almost 24 percent of Colombians earn less than two dollars a day; 65 percent, less than three dollars daily; 40 percent of the children don’t attend school.
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Reunidos en la ciudad suroeste de Oruro el 8 y 9 de diciembre, la Asamblea Constituyente de Bolivia aprobó una nueva constitución. La nueva constitución, con unos artículos sobre la reforma agraria que todavía que quedan por resolver, será sometida a los votantes el año que viene.
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During the Vietnam War era, President Richard Nixon worried about his country becoming a “pitiful, helpless giant.” Now, with the world’s only superpower over-reacting to fears, that possibility seems to have resurfaced. Two recent U.S. measures relating to Cuba hint at weak knees.
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When human beings are called “illegal” and “alien” by elected officials and law enforcement agencies and in the media, what kind of message are we spreading?
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