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The added price of oil
May 25, 2002Every 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
May 25, 2002Although 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
May 25, 2002MADISON, 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
May 25, 2002During 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
May 25, 2002East 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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