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Miners’ deaths spark tears and anger: 208 safety violations, $16 mil. in profits at nonunion coal company
January 6, 2006TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. — Working hard, playing by the rules, living your faith and building community can be fatal when mining coal in the Sago Mine, cited last year over 200 times for safety violations and generating...
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Marine refuser from 40 Years Ago faces court martial
January 5, 2006Jerry Texiero, 65, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., refused orders to deploy to Vietnam in July 1965. His decision was based on his opposition to U.S. intervention in Vietnam. For the next four decades, Texiero lived peacefully,...
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A brotherly encounter: Fidel Castro and Evo Morales sign cooperation agreement
January 5, 2006Cuban President Fidel Castro and Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales signed a bilateral cooperation and solidarity agreement Friday evening in Havana. The accord covers primarily the areas of health care, education and sports. The visiting dignitary publicly...
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Will we be ready for the coming crisis with Bolivia?
January 4, 2006News Analysis Evo Morales of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) won an absolute majority in the Bolivian presidential elections Dec. 18. He will be sworn in on Jan. 22. Morales comes from the Aymara ethnic group,...
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Chicago center reflects spirit of Christmas, justice
January 4, 2006CHICAGO — Celebrating the holiday season and the spirit of giving was the feeling shared by well over 200 families at this year’s 28th Community Christmas Program held at the Unity Center here Dec. 20. The...
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