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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
November 3, 2006DuPont workers unite worldwide A global network of trade unions representing workers at DuPont plants has revealed a pattern of poor safety, health and environmental conditions at the chemical giant’s facilities. The network includes unions in...
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WORLD NOTES
November 3, 2006Congo: Millions cast ballots in landmark vote Millions of people turned out to vote Oct. 29 in a presidential runoff marking the official completion of a transition from war to peace that began in 2003, according...
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Brazil celebrates Lulas re-election
November 3, 2006News Analysis SÃO PAOLO, Brazil — The Brazilian people have rejected a right-wing onslaught and handed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a decisive re-election as president. In one of the most contentious presidential elections in Brazilian...
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Far-right party joins Israeli Cabinet
November 3, 2006The Israeli Cabinet voted overwhelmingly Oct. 30 to bring the far-right Yisrael Beiteinu party into the government. Only Labor Party minister Ophir Pines-Paz opposed Yisrael Beiteinu’s inclusion. The decision gives Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s coalition a...
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Oaxaca bleeds, but does not give up
November 3, 2006News Analysis On Oct. 29, the rightist lame duck president of Mexico, Vicente Fox Quezada, sent in 4,000 Federal Protective Police armed with tanks, helicopters, water cannons and high powered rifles to clear the southern city...
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