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Blairs announcement leaves questions, debate
September 15, 2006MANCHESTER, England — Prime Minister Tony Blair’s announcement that he would step down within the next 12 months left Britons with mixed feelings. The statement was aimed at putting a stop to dissent within the ruling...
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Conn. machinists rally for Ned Lamont
September 15, 2006EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — “This campaign has become a crusade for machinists all across America,” declared R. Thomas Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, at a Labor Day weekend rally here...
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Tentative pact reached in Detroit teachers strike
September 15, 2006DETROIT — After 16 days on the picket line, the unity of 9,500 members of American Federation of Teachers Local 231 finally forced school officials to agree to a tentative pact potentially ending the strike here...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
September 15, 2006LOUISVILLE, Ky.: Honor 9/11 victims with peace On Sept. 11, 1906, Mahatma Gandhi launched his first nonviolent protest in South Africa before returning to his native India to use nonviolence in the successful campaign which freed...
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Seniors show fighting spirit at Capitol
September 15, 2006WASHINGTON — The clear thrust of the Alliance for Retired Americans convention here Sept. 5-8 was to oust the right-wing government savaging America’s senior citizens. Not only was the intention of the 500-plus delegates clear, but...
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