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Good response = fewer cases
November 1, 2001WASHINGTON, D.C. - Dr. Paulo Teixeira, director of Brazil's Sexually Transmitted Disease/AIDS Program, told a CBC 'brain trust' that Brazil's energetic grassroots-oriented program has slashed HIV/AIDS infections in half. The World Bank predicted in 1992 that...
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Free speech group attacks anti-terror bill
November 1, 2001WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is waging a last ditch struggle to block a so-called 'anti-terrorism' measures adopted by the House and Senate that grants the Bush Administration sweeping new powers of detention...
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Fast track is the wrong track
November 1, 2001NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In Tennessee, we have felt the loss of more than 25,000 textile and industrial jobs due to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Many of these jobs were union jobs that paid...
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Crisis spurs need for action
November 1, 2001The crisis in everyday living that too many people face in our country generated a national health movement that has been pressuring local, state and national government officials to protect the public's health. Even before Sept....
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Congress stiffs workers
November 1, 2001AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said the Senate filibuster that defeated legislation providing immediate aid for the 140,000 airline workers who will be laid off as a result of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack 'signals an intention...
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