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Cuba to play in World Baseball Classic
January 27, 2006After receiving pressure from Major League Baseball, the players’ association and the baseball commissioner’s office, the U.S. Treasury Department said Jan. 20 it would grant a license to the Cuban national baseball team, allowing its participation...
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Miami spy case seen as political ploy
January 27, 2006On Jan. 6, federal authorities arrested husband and wife Carlos Alvarez and Elsa Prieto, professors at Miami’s Florida International University (FIU). Proponents of dialogue between Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits, the couple frequently...
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Ford to cut 25,000 to 30,000 jobs
January 27, 2006DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to cut up to 30,000 jobs and shutter 14 plants in a sweeping restructuring of its North American auto business. The cuts represent up to 25 percent of...
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Oakland teachers encouraged by fact finders report
January 27, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — Teachers here are encouraged by a long-awaited arbitrator’s report, released Jan. 23, bolstering their contention that the Oakland Unified School District can afford to raise salaries by up to 2.5 percent and that...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
January 27, 2006OAKLAND, Calif.: Dellums seeks ‘model city’ Participants from many East Bay community and labor organizations gathered for the Socially Responsible Network’s 2006 kick-off Jan. 21 and heard former Congressman Ronald V. Dellums deliver a ringing vision...
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