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The 1871 ban on night work
July 15, 2004A recent Oxfam study of factories producing for Wal-Mart, Target, Nike and similar companies underlined their abusive practices worldwide.
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Will the Hammer go to the slammer?
July 15, 2004HOUSTON – A complaint against Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay was filed on June 15 with the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct by Texas Democratic Rep. Chris Bell. The complaint centers on allegations...
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Livermore action to urge Books, not bombs
July 15, 2004LIVERMORE, Calif. – On the 59th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there will be a peace march to the Livermore nuclear weapons lab. Livermore Lab is one of two facilities that...
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International notes
July 15, 2004Turkey: Mass protest greets NATO meet Over 50,000 protesters gathered in Istanbul June 27 – the day before the NATO summit began – in the largest of several anti-summit demonstrations. Organizers included the Committees against Occupation,...
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Canadian voters punish Liberal Party
July 15, 2004VANCOUVER, British Co-lumbia – After 13 years of center-right rule, angry voters punished the incumbent Liberal Party on June 28 by giving them a minority government. Not only did the Liberal Party lose 37 seats in...
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