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About 100 students signed a petition asking the Cambridge City Council to adopt legislation which would prohibit the city from purchasing goods and services from corporations with investments in Burma. Such legislation has recently been adopted by the state of Massachusetts, according to a FBC press release...
Furthermore, the current move violates Israeli assurances under the Oslo Accords that no changes will be made in the disputed city until final status negotiations are concluded. Israel's attempts to change the demographic nature of the city are illegal under the provision of the Geneva Conventions which prohibit occupiers from changing the demography of occupied territories. Israeli continues to expand its settlements in and around East Jerusalem and confiscate Palestinian property in the city...
...obvious that the campaign to defeat Question 1 will be based on scare tactics and outrageous statements. I, for one, have read the proposed law and support it. It will prohibit in most instances the use of certain cruel traps, but it does not ban trapping...
LEGAL IMMIGRANTS Welfare bill will prohibit their receiving federal assistance until they become U.S. citizens...
...assuage his party's concerns saying the bill would give welfare families the opportunity to "succeed at home and at work." Conceding that the bill was "far from perfect," Clinton said he would try to change several provisions that he felt were too harsh, such as a provision to prohibit some legal immigrants from receiving welfare benefits. Nevertheless, he maintained that the bill represented a "step forward for our country and our values." The bill will save the federal government nearly $56 billion in the next six years, and fundamentally changes the welfare system in the United States. Setting...