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Pressure mounts to end Cuban travel ban
July 18, 2009CHICAGO -- Pressure is mounting on multiple fronts to end U.S. government travel and trade restrictions against Cuba: the only country in the world American citizens cannot freely visit. The battle is increasingly centering in the...
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Dueling resolutions in Congress about Honduras
July 18, 2009While every day dramatic scenes are acted out on the streets of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and other cities in Honduras, pro- and anti-coup forces are also active in the United States, and especially on Capitol...
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Reports of the death of union card check still premature
July 18, 2009A report in the New York Times today that says senators have “dropped” the majority sign-up provision of the Employee Free Choice Act is not accurate. A spokesperson for Sen. Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who...
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Thief steals unlicensed cab, gets caught
July 18, 2009BEIJING, July 9 -- A man was taken into custody this weekend for allegedly stealing a vehicle operating as an unlicensed cab in Beijing's Haidian area. The thief thought the vehicle owner would never report the...
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Zelaya gives coup leaders ultimatum
July 18, 2009The mediator in Honduras's political crisis is looking increasingly discredited after proposing further talks between the ousted president and the leader of the right-wing coup. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has scheduled the further talks to...
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