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A day of work at UPS
January 25, 2008PAGES FROM WORKERS LIVES I am one of the many young people who work at UPS. As you probably all know, UPS is one of the world’s largest package delivery companies, delivering 15 million packages a...
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Settlements seen as key obstacle to peace
January 25, 2008Despite President Bush’s much-publicized visit to Israel and the Palestinian West Bank this month, most commentators say no peace progress is likely without U.S. pressure on Israel to halt its settlements in the West Bank. Now...
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Israelis, Palestinians protest Gaza blockade, call for peace
January 25, 2008As Israel imposed a lockdown and continued a military assault on Gaza, and rockets from Gaza continued to terrify the bordering Israeli village of Sderot, Israeli peace and human rights advocates organized a relief convoy and...
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Lawmakers: recession already here for millions
January 25, 2008WASHINGTON — Lawmakers stood on the Senate and House floor this week and decried hunger and homelessness spreading like a plague among their constituents as the nation plunges toward economic recession. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) told...
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Gov. takes meat-ax to health care in Calif.
January 25, 2008Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts not only slash state spending for health care but also imperil federal matching funds for Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program serving millions of the poorest Californians, health care advocates say....
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