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Perfect pension storm revisited
March 24, 2006Some time ago this paper surveyed the approach of a “perfect storm” of economic assaults on the U.S. private pension system. Not entirely unmindful of the weather, the U.S. Republican-controlled Congress, under the leadership of Sen....
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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
March 24, 2006Chalk one up to solidarity At least at the local level, the nation’s labor movement is as united today as it was eight months ago, before the formation of a competing labor federation threatened the demise...
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WORLDNOTES
March 24, 2006Palestine: Human costs of occupation A report released last week by the Palestine National Information Center describes the impact of the Israeli occupation on the everyday lives of Palestinians. Covering the period of time since the...
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UN, in rebuff to U.S., sets up rights council
March 24, 2006UNITED NATIONS — The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution March 15 establishing a new Human Rights Council that will replace the UN’s old, largely discredited Human Rights Commission. While nearly every country worked toward consensus,...
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Belarusian voters re-elect president
March 24, 2006Belarusian voters re-elected President Alexander Lukashenko for a third term on March 16, handing him 82.6 percent of the vote in very heavy turnout, according to election officials. Although many election monitors, including those from the...
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