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More miners killed
May 26, 2006“I think it’s a crisis right now,” said Tony Oppegard, former top lawyer for Kentucky’s Mine Safety and Licensing Office. “When we have 31 coal miners killed in less than five months, that’s a crisis and...
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Immigrant rights activists vow to press forward
May 26, 2006Led by President Bush and the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Senate Republicans closed ranks and turned their backs this week on the millions who demonstrated for immigrant rights this spring. As the World was going to press,...
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May 26, 2006Student walkout protests teacher cuts On May 11, 100 students at Plum High School in a Pittsburgh suburb walked out of classes to protest a proposed budget that would eliminate teachers, cut middle school programs, impose...
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Antiwar activists take struggle to Capitol Hill: Massacre spurs opposition to Iraq war
May 26, 2006WASHINGTON — Peace activists from 23 states and the District of Columbia converged on Capitol Hill, May 22, to lobby their senators and representatives for an end to the Iraq war, just as reports of a...
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Students challenge unequal education: Tests that deny diplomas are in dispute
May 26, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — As seniors across the state try on their caps and gowns, California is embroiled in controversy over its high school exit exams in English and math, slated to be required for a high...
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