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Labor, community gird for Feb. 15 UN march
February 7, 2003NEW YORK – Across the city and the nation there has been a surge of activity as unions, community organizations, churches and individuals organize for what is shaping up to be the largest mobilization yet against...
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Reclaiming the Lenin statue in Seattle
February 7, 2003As this paper has written about once before, in 1994, the city of Seattle became home to a Lenin statue that had originally been constructed in Slovakia. It was placed in the Fremont neighborhood, known by...
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World mourns Columbia crew
February 7, 2003DALLAS, Texas – Even as the nation and the world mourn for astronauts Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, David Brown, Michael Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon, people here and around the world seek answers...
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Mandela, Carter, lawmakers: Let UN inspectors work
February 7, 2003Former presidents Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Jimmy Carter of the United States added their voices to the millions demanding that George W. Bush halt his drive toward war against Iraq and give the UN...
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AFL-CIO tells Bush and Congress: Get real on the economy
January 31, 2003The AFL-CIO charged in a Jan. 27 report that, despite President Bush’s rosy claims, the economy is in worse shape than it was two years ago when measured by all the key indicators important to working...
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