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JERUSALEM 鈥?Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. AP 鈥?Thousands of anti-poverty activists have launched a campaign in recent weeks modeled after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.s Poor Peoples Campaign of 1968.Like the push 50 years ago, advocates are hoping to draw attention to those struggling with deep poverty from Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta, from the American Southwest to Californias farm country.The latest effort is led by the Rev. William Barber of Goldsboro, North Carolina, and the Rev. Liz Theohar
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