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Demonstrations against the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon have been growing on the streets of Arab capitals. Pro-American Arab leaders are recalibrating their positions. U.S. hopes of keeping them on board for a wider Middle East initiative may be eroding.

An initiative on tomorrow's primary ballot would ensure that all California children go to pre-school. In fact, Proposition 82 would make it a constitutional right, with the funding coming from a tax

President Bush signs into law a bill renewing of the Voting Rights Act. When the bill ran into resistance from some southern senators, supporters turned to a surprising constituency for support: big business. Officials from big companies like Wal-Mart and Walt Disney lined up to support it.

We are about to head into a flurry of film festival activity. The next two months will see the Imperial Beach Film Festival, The San Diego Film Festival, The San Diego Women Film Festival and The San Diego Asian Film Festival, not to mention a film series starting at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Anyway, to kick off this festival season is the Fourth Annual Imperial Beach Film Festival (running September 8 and 9 with the Dempsey Holder Hall as their main screening site).

FilmOut San Diego, the citys only Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Film Festival returns to Landmarks Ken Cinema April 19 for four days of features and shorts from around the globe. Heres a preview of festival events.

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Bolivia's government has made one of the country's largest tin mines a state-run enterprise. Some workers in the mining town of Huanuni say their lives have improved, but many decry the loss of free-market opportunities.

Activists are holding a new round of immigration marches, starting this Labor Day weekend. The largest marches are planned for Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. The message they hope to send: immigrants are voters, too.

African governments have long complained that U.S. and European agricultural subsidies are undercutting African farmers. Western farm-support programs and cheap cotton dumped on the world market are impeding efforts to end Africa's cycle of poverty.

The route to board certification involves a rigorous exam process. Many teachers say it's the best thing they've ever done. But it's not at all clear that it helps raise students' test scores.