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  • Warning: SAVE Act goes wrong way on immigration

    Warning: SAVE Act goes wrong way on immigration

    February 29, 2008

    WASHINGTON — The Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE) is an enforcement only, anti-immigrant bill that will make life worse for immigrants and their families while doing nothing to solve our country’s undocumented immigration...

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  • Castros retirement sparks worldwide reaction

    Castros retirement sparks worldwide reaction

    February 29, 2008

    Cuba has a new president. Voting on Feb. 24, Cuba’s National Assembly elected former First Vice President Raul Castro as President of the Council of State, the official whom Cuba’s constitution designates as President of the...

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  • Edwards joins new antiwar campaign

    Edwards joins new antiwar campaign

    February 29, 2008 By Susan Webb

    Former presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife Elizabeth joined MoveOn.org, the Service Employees union, VoteVets.org and other groups Feb. 25 in launching a $20 million Iraq/Recession Campaign that will target war hawk Republican presidential candidate...

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  • Ohioans say its all about jobs

    Ohioans say its all about jobs

    February 29, 2008

    In Toledo, Ohio, a 100-year-old plant that makes plumbing fixtures is closing. Two hundred men and women who make $19 an hour at the American Standard plant will be out on the streets. In the same...

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  • World notes: March 1, 2008

    World notes: March 1, 2008

    February 29, 2008

    Germany: For immigrants, class rules A day after attending Feb. 7 funeral services in Germany for victims of a fire possibly set by racists, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel...

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