The other day
We danced in the street
Joy in our hearts
We thought we were free 
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April 15, 2006
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When I telephoned Huda Al-Jazairy in Baghdad exactly two years ago, a bomb had fallen 12 feet from her house. At that time, she told me, “There is no security.” But as bad as it was in 2004, now it’s “below zero.”
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A lobby group dominated by Wal-Mart has successfully blocked efforts in recent years to increase security measures in U.S. ports wherever those measures might cut into the company’s profits, a report delivered to members of Congress by the AFL-CIO April 5 stated.
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May Day/Cinco de Mayo supplement to print edition: Advertise your book, bumper sticker, CD or DVD or send greetings in this special supplement to the print edition, which will be published in the May 6-12 issue.
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French President Jacques Chirac bowed April 10 to the pressure of millions of students and workers marching across France and withdrew a hated law granting employers the right to fire a young worker at will for up to two years after he or she is hired.
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CHICAGO — La naturaleza dinámica y de base de la Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela bajo el presidente Hugo Chávez se representó en una forma intensa aquí el 16 de marzo por medio de palabras, música, transparencias y fotos.
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New York City is known throughout the world as a bastion of free artistic expression. That is, apparently, unless the art is about the struggle of the Palestinian people.
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More than a million people in France have taken to the streets against their conservative government’s attempts to change the country’s labor law.
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Activists and Vietnam War veterans wrapped up a global conference on Agent Orange March 29 with a plea to the U.S. government and chemical companies to take responsibility for health problems linked to the wartime defoliant.
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On March 28 over a million local government workers staged Britain’s biggest nationwide walkout since the 1926 general strike. And they warned that they will strike again and again if necessary to stop the government from slashing their pensions.
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