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  • Bush refuses to set timetable for withdrawal from Crawford

    Bush refuses to set timetable for withdrawal from Crawford

    August 26, 2005

    Early end to vacation would ‘send terrible signal,’ president says President George W. Bush said today that he understands and respects the views of those who are calling for him to cut short his summer vacation,...

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  • Plan to save labor unity

    Plan to save labor unity

    August 26, 2005

    AFL-CIO proposes solidarity charters for disaffiliated locals in CLCs and state federations WASHINGTON (PAI) — The AFL-CIO created a procedure to let locals from unions that left the federation — the Service Employees, Teamsters, United Food...

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  • Animal advocates decry CAFTA as deadly disaster

    Animal advocates decry CAFTA as deadly disaster

    August 26, 2005

    Animal advocates denounced the passage of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement as a “deadly disaster” for farmed animals and wildlife. Prior to the vote, a letter signed by over 100 animal organizations was sent...

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  • WORLDNOTES

    WORLDNOTES

    August 26, 2005

    Haiti: Denounce detention of priest A lawyer for jailed Father Gerard Jean-Juste last week called the Roman Catholic priest’s detention by Haitian police a flagrant violation of the 1987 Haitian constitution and the United Nations Charter...

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  • Growing ties of friendship on Korean peninsula

    Growing ties of friendship on Korean peninsula

    August 26, 2005

    Based on recent developments and opinion surveys, it seems much less likely that the Bush administration will be able to rely on South Korea, traditionally one of the United States’ strongest allies in Asia, to isolate...

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