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  • Public workers hit the streets in S. Africa

    Public workers hit the streets in S. Africa

    September 24, 2004

    Hundreds of thousands of South African public workers held a one-day strike Sept. 16 over the government’s rejection of their demands for a 7 percent wage hike, an across-the-boards medical aid and housing allowance, and review...

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  • U.S. sets its sights on Vietnam once again

    U.S. sets its sights on Vietnam once again

    September 24, 2004

    Earlier this summer, on July 19, the House of Representatives passed HR 1587, the “Vietnam Human Rights Act,” by 322 votes to 45. The bill seeks to limit non-humanitarian assistance to Vietnam, to provide extra funding...

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  • East German vote shows mounting anger

    East German vote shows mounting anger

    September 24, 2004

    BERLIN — The Sept. 19 elections in two East German states dealt heavy losses to the country’s two major parties, with electoral gains for the left and, disturbingly, the extreme right. The voting was fueled by...

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  • Bushs war plunges Iraq deeper into crisis

    Bushs war plunges Iraq deeper into crisis

    September 24, 2004 By Susan Webb

    Democratic presidential contender John Kerry captured what many Americans — including an unprecedented array of military commanders and leading Republicans — are saying about Iraq, when he charged that George W. Bush has created “a chaos...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    September 24, 2004

    WASHINGTON: Bush threatens veto of overtime protection With the stroke of a pen, Bush robbed 6 million workers of overtime pay, Aug. 23. But the Republican-controlled Congress, feeling the heat from the AFL-CIO and other organizations,...

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