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  • The economic crisis comes home

    The economic crisis comes home

    January 9, 2003 By Bruce Bostick

    The economic downturn has caused fiscal crises in almost every state and city.

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  • Struggle stops steel co. abatement

    Struggle stops steel co. abatement

    January 9, 2003

    Workers 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

    International notes

    January 9, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    Brazil: 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

    Afghan civilians harmed by U.S. bombs, aid

    January 9, 2003

    Human 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

    Tel Aviv attack is a gift for Sharon

    January 9, 2003

    TEL 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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