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The economic crisis comes home
January 9, 2003The economic downturn has caused fiscal crises in almost every state and city.
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Struggle stops steel co. abatement
January 9, 2003Workers Correspondence LORAIN, Ohio – After a two-month struggle, the steel company RTI/REP pulled its demand for a 60 percent tax abatement from the city here. REP had demanded the abatement from this financially-strapped steel community,...
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International notes
January 9, 2003Brazil: Lula puts butter before guns / Lebanon: Unions will protest gov’t tax hikes / Britain: Protests good for health / China: CP head stresses re-employing laid-off workers / Germany: Public worker strike likely
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Afghan civilians harmed by U.S. bombs, aid
January 9, 2003Human Rights Watch (HRW) released three reports detailing the harm of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. “Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and Their Use by the United States in Afghanistan,” exposes civilian casualties caused by cluster bombs....
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Tel Aviv attack is a gift for Sharon
January 9, 2003TEL AVIV – The double suicide attack that killed at least 23 people, mostly guest workers, and wounded about 100, at a crowded downtown street corner here, has in one stroke diverted public focus from the...
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