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Kyoto treaty, spurned by Bush, goes into effect
February 25, 2005The Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 international treaty aimed at reducing greenhouse gases, went into effect on Feb. 16 — without the participation of the United States, the world’s main greenhouse gas producer. Greenhouse gases — carbon...
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Arnold going after our pensions
February 25, 2005Workers’ Correspondence California is saddled with Groper Arnie, an incompetent governor. Being a former steroid-using bodybuilder does not qualify a person to run the sixth largest economy in the world. Schwarzenegger and his staff rarely do...
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Saginaw says no to privatization
February 25, 2005SAGINAW, Mich. — Eric Friedman walked into a hornet’s nest. The district director for Michigan Republican Congressman Dave Camp was taken aback by the wrath of angry constituents. Calling President Bush’s claim that Social Security is...
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Parents, unionists demand funding for NYC schools
February 25, 2005NEW YORK — Celebrities Susan Sarandon and Cynthia Nixon joined more than a hundred parents, union leaders, education and community activists, and elected officials on the steps of City Hall Feb. 16 to call on Republican...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
February 25, 2005ST. LOUIS: Coalition forms to rescue health care Over 200 residents joined members of the clergy and elected officials Feb. 20 to kick off a campaign to salvage health care for 89,000 people set to be...
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