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Mineta Remembers WWII Japanese Internment

Norman Mineta was 10 years old when he and his family were shipped to Heart Mountain Relocation Center (search) in Wyoming. Mineta, whose father came to the United States to farm sugar beets, remembers the camp where he and other Japanese-Americans were confined during World War II. There were “barbed …

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High Court Asked to Overturn Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON – The woman once known as “Jane Roe” has asked the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion (search) 32 years ago. Norma McCorvey (search), whose protest of Texas’ abortion ban led to the 1973 ruling, contends in a petition received at the court …

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Inauguration 'Fun' for Diplomats

WASHINGTON – True to their diplomatic nature, the world’s ambassadors put aside any differences with the United States for one day to watch President Bush (search) sworn in for a second term. Washington’s diplomatic corps met for coffee at the State Department on the west side of the city, where …

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