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  • Rally at Wells Fargo: Save jobs and homes now!

    Rally at Wells Fargo: Save jobs and homes now!

    June 12, 2009

    CHICAGO – Dozens of people rallied at the downtown Wells Fargo bank here June 11, including a caravan of Quad City Die Casting workers demanding the bank restore credit to their Moline, Ill. factory, which is...

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  • Obama admin. announces new mountaintop mining policy

    Obama admin. announces new mountaintop mining policy

    June 12, 2009

    Taking aim at mountaintop removal mining, this week, the Obama administration announced a new effort to strengthen federal oversight of the practice and to punish mining companies who fail to protect the environment. The new policy...

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  • WORLDNOTES

    WORLDNOTES

    June 12, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

    Brazil: Cattle-raising trashes atmosphere Pakistan: U. S. super embassy raises questions South Africa: Zuma on economy, unity Turkey: Union repression has “anti-terrorist” cover United Nations: Economic conference re-scheduled Cuba: Blockade restricts Internet access

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  • Next 8 weeks critical for health reform, Obama says

    Next 8 weeks critical for health reform, Obama says

    June 12, 2009 By Susan Webb

    “The next eight weeks are going to be critical” to winning meaningful health care reform, President Obama told a Wisconsin town hall meeting today.

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  • No militaricen a juventud

    No militaricen a juventud

    June 12, 2009

    Activistas de paz de diferentes organizaciones abogan por eliminar $2 millones del presupuesto escolar de la ciudad de Nueva York que usan para programas de adiestramiento militar. El proyecto, anunciado el 23 de junio en una...

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