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And the race goes on
March 8, 2008It’s all about beating McCain Texas labor leader Ed Sills reported that at his Travis County Democratic caucus, March 4, there was both a record turnout and strong cooperation between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporters...
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Colombia’s incursion into Ecuador criticized
March 6, 2008COLOMBIAN INCURSION INTO ECUADOR KILLS 20, SPURS STRONG RESPONSE BY REGION Last weekend, the Colombian government led a military attack on the FARC in Ecuadorean territory, killing more than 20 persons including a key FARC negotiator...
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Labor leaders slam politicians who ignore the real problem with NAFTA
March 6, 2008SAN DIEGO, Calif. — As trade issues took center stage in the Democratic primaries March 4, the AFL-CIO Executive Council, meeting here, criticized politicians and the media for handling the trade problem as a “separate and...
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Self-righteous Vegetarians?
March 6, 2008** ENGLISH ** EARTH TALK From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Vegetarians and vegans are so self-righteous about not eating meat and how meat eating is so bad for the environment. How true...
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True costs of war
March 6, 2008Just in time for the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a new book by economists Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes attempts to project the real cost of the war. “The Three Trillion Dollar...
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