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  • The added price of oil

    The added price of oil

    May 25, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Every year since 1990 an average of 30 million gallons of oil has been spilled from wells, pipelines, and storage facilities.

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  • Pirates at the pump

    Pirates at the pump

    May 25, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Although the price of gasoline has not spiked as dramatically as in 2000 and 2001, pump prices have increased nearly 30 cents per gallon since February. Industry sources say we can expect another 10-cent increase before...

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  • Trade conference focus is food sovereignty

    Trade conference focus is food sovereignty

    May 25, 2002 By Babette Grunow And Gary Grass

    MADISON, Wisc. – Long before Food First author Frances Moore Lappé took the stage to contribute her expertise, food policy had emerged as a central theme of the grassroots trade policy conference held here April 26-27....

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  • Movement grows to end U.S. blockade against Cuba

    Movement grows to end U.S. blockade against Cuba

    May 25, 2002

    During a visit to Miami May 20, George W. Bush announced that his administration would not yield to the majority U.S. public opinion and end the blockade against Cuba. Bush raised $2 million dollars for the...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    May 25, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

    East Timor the world’s newest nation/South Africa celebrates Sisulu’s 90th birthday/South Korean unions threaten strike/Tensions continue over massacre in Kashmir/Australian “anti-terror” legislation dealt setback

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