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  • Cheney seeks sixth deferment

    Cheney seeks sixth deferment

    December 2, 2005

    Veep hopes to secure place in history. Vice President Dick Cheney announced plans today to seek an historic sixth draft deferment, realizing a longstanding personal dream of his. Clutching his deferment application in his hand as...

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  • Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Fed

    Greenspan, Bernanke, and the Fed

    December 2, 2005 By Art Perlo

    The federal deficit is becoming a central point of political struggle. Republicans in Congress are trying to enact a series of cuts in vital programs while extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. In the...

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  • Bush aims to derail Amtrak

    Bush aims to derail Amtrak

    December 2, 2005

    PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak’s Board of Directors is engaged in union busting in order to shift the ownership of this valuable public asset over to the Bush administration’s private campaign contributors. This was the charge leveled by...

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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    December 2, 2005

    Ireland: Ferry workers protest A ferry workers’ protest over hiring of lower-paid replacement crews from Eastern Europe has taken on national dimensions, with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern soundly criticizing the company, and the ferry workers’...

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  • Bolivians set to elect left-wing leader

    Bolivians set to elect left-wing leader

    December 2, 2005

    Evo Morales, an indigenous leader and candidate of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), is favored to win Bolivia’s presidential elections on Dec. 18. His party and a coalition of popular forces are calling for the nationalization...

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