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Bush: Ill bring troops home on JetBlue
March 2, 2007No exact timetable, president says Under increased pressure to announce an exit strategy from Iraq, President George W. Bush revealed plans today to bring U.S. troops home on the budget airline JetBlue. Bush received praise for...
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Workers Correspondence
March 2, 2007To: Union supporters of HR 676 single-payer health care Re: Reintroduction of HR 676 in the 110th CongressSeveral readers forwarded this communication. On Jan. 24, 2007, Congressman John Conyers reintroduced HR 676, the single-payer National Health...
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 2, 2007‘Worker Squeezinart’ Employees of the Albertsons supermarket chain in Los Angeles dramatized their struggles Feb. 22 with street theater. The skits featured “Fatcat Albertson” showing off his “Amazing Profit Machine” churning out money at the expense...
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WORLD NOTES
March 2, 2007Bolivia: Cuba aids flood victims Cuban doctors joined rescue efforts after heavy rains caused flooding in eastern Bolivia. In Beni, flooding accompanied by hail, sleet and continuing rain displaced over 80,000 people. Overall 343,000 people had...
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Venezuela and Argentina to cooperate
March 2, 2007For Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the signing of 17 agreements Feb. 21 with President Nestor Kirchner of Argentina was part of a larger plan for cooperation and integration among South American countries. “We are one and...
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