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Home from Iraq, vets battle Pentagon There has to be a better way of solving our problems than war
May 25, 2007WASHINGTON — President Bush will churn out shopworn platitudes about the sacrifices of the nation’s brave soldiers this Memorial Day. But many of the soldiers, active duty and retired, are not listening. Instead, they want Bush...
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Congress misses scale of Gonzales crimes
May 22, 2007Viewpoint HOUSTON — As congressional politicians are honed in on nailing U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, they are missing the most obvious crimes he committed. The U.S. Congress is bogged down over whether Houston attorney and...
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Mushroom workers in spotlight on May Day
May 18, 2007KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — The Philadelphia County Central Labor Council and the Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health (Philaposh) celebrated Workers Memorial Day and May Day this year by marching and rallying with the...
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Buffett spurns Klamath River tribes and fishermen on dams
May 18, 2007The Yurok, Karuk and Hoopa Valley tribes and fishermen capped off their historic cross-country pilgrimage to Omaha, Neb., on May 5 with a protest outside the shareholders meeting of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire-Hathaway Corp. They demanded the...
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Koreas take steps to reduce tensions
May 18, 2007Though the Korean nuclear issue is far from resolved, a number of developments point to a lessening of tension on the peninsula. North-South military talks closed on May 11 with an agreement by both sides to...
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