HAITI: Police shoot pro-Aristide marchers
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Special Forces units of the Haitian National Police, acting as part of a larger U.S. Marine “peacekeeping” force, killed at least nine Fanmi Lavalas demonstrators here May 18, as U.S.
Parliamentary elections called in Canada
VANCOUVER, Canada – On May 23 Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin called new elections for June 28. While eight parties are competing, polls show the Liberal and Conservative parties as frontrunners.
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AUSTIN, Texas: Death penalty foes blast execution / SEATTLE: March for affordable health care / OLD BRIDGE, N.J.: Community vs. Omnipoint / LA PAZ, Calif.: Terminating Huerta? Say, No way! / CHICAGO: Equal rights, equal marriage / HUDSON, N.Y.: Suspensions rooted in racism?
100 days and counting: N. Calif. grocery workers ready for action
PLEASANTON, Calif. – Hundreds of workers from Safeway and other area grocery chains filled the space in front of Safeway’s corporate headquarters here with a sea of bright yellow T-shirts May 20, giving a resounding welcome to Safeway CEO Steve Burd and other company bigwigs at their shareholders’ meeting.
