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Iraq upgraded from quagmire to morass
May 13, 2005Situation disastrous but not catastrophic, defense sec’y says Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon today that the conflict in Iraq had improved to the point that it could no longer be considered...
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Perfect storm on pensions, health care
May 13, 2005People Before Profits Quickly converging with the debate on Social Security is the worsening state of the U.S. private pension system. Recent research reported by Physicians for a National Health Program, and by Richard Berner, the...
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Houston janitors fight for justice
May 13, 2005HOUSTON — “It is misery,” said Ercilia Sandoval, who has worked as a janitor in Houston for seven years. In a fiery speech to 1,000 participants in the April 30 Justice for Janitors convention here, the...
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World Notes
May 13, 2005Congo: Militiamen disarm Nearly 12,000 former combatants have disarmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as the number of former fighters joining disarmament programs has almost doubled in the last few weeks, the UN...
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Workers of the world hit streets on May Day
May 13, 2005Millions of workers staged May Day rallies worldwide, from a rally of 5,000 Bangladeshis seeking a minimum wage to the streets of Moscow where workers rallied against sweeping cuts in social programs. Workers, from as diverse...
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