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...Usually military recruiters target poor towns and citizens,” said Erica Kujawski, a high school student from Wellesley, Mass., referring to the military’s practice of attracting students by promising to pay for their educations. Boston City Councillor at Large Felix D. Arroyo joined the marchers for a few minutes. As well as criticizing the war in Iraq, he emphasized the importance of activism. “I think what is happening today should happen more often,” Arroyo said...
...Decker, Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87, and Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72—as they burned through the last of their shoe leather in hopes of snagging another council term. MARJORIE C. DECKER: Campaign at a CrossroadsFelix Arroyo, a member of the local Service Employees International Union (SEIU), is firmly ensconced in the middle of the intersection, arms splayed scarecrow-style, each hand brandishing a Decker campaign sign for the benefit of passing cars.On Saturday, the Decker campaign has colonized the area outside the Central Square Au Bon Pain...
...EDUARDO VILLANUEVA, 59, popular Philippine evangelist and politician known as Brother Eddie, in connection with fraud allegations made by a partner in a television joint venture; in Manila. Villanueva, a onetime presidential candidate who has sided with opposition forces calling for the resignation of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, called the case an attempt to silence his criticism of Arroyo's administration. Government officials and the businessman who made the fraud claim, Benito Araneta, have denied Villanueva's allegations of political intimidation...
...Russia. Aragoncillo, who previously worked in the offices of Vice Presidents Al Gore and Dick Cheney, is suspected of taking classified documents from the same FBI database as Hanssen and passing them to Philippine officials. The documents contained sensitive U.S. intel on Manila politicians, including President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who has faced persistent coup rumors...
SACKED. PHILIPPINE MARINE BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCISCO GUDANI, and LIEUT. COLONEL ALEXANDER BALUTAN, by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, for flouting a presidential order prohibiting military men and government employees from appearing before a Senate committee investigating allegations of electoral fraud in 2004's controversial presidential election; in Manila. Arroyo has been under fire since audio tapes, apparently of her speaking to an election commissioner during the vote counting, were released in June, but an impeachment attempt died in the House of Representatives last month. Gudani told the Senate panel last week he was removed from his post in Mindanao for attempting...