2008年11月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Education News

Protesters call for closing of Ga. military school (AP)

Posted: 23 Nov 2008 06:18 PM CST

Roy Bourgeois, founder of School of Americas Watch, leads a procession Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 in Columbus, Ga., to honor victims of alleged human rights abuses in Latin America. Bourgeois, a Maryknoll priest who has been leading the demonstrations outside a gate to Fort Benning since 1990, said his supporters view president-elect Barack Obama as the 'president who stands for peace' and will request a meeting with him. (AP Photo/ Elliott Minor)AP - Demonstrators renewed their call Sunday to shutter a school on a Georgia Army base for Latin American military and government officials and say they're optimistic the new president or a more sympathetic Congress will act within the next year.


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