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  • Unemployment jumps

    Unemployment jumps

    November 10, 2001 By Fred Gaboury

    Although the Labor Department’s latest employment report, released Nov. 2, didn’t rattle the stock market, it did show that another 415,000 men and women lost their jobs in October, bringing the official count of the unemployed...

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  • Prisons and profits

    Prisons and profits

    November 10, 2001

    The U.S. criminal justice system has transformed into a vast, for-profit, industrial system. Police, lawyers, court staff, convicts and prison personnel make up a giant business complex that scoops up citizens and churns out convicts, generating...

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  • Ohio county workers walk

    Ohio county workers walk

    November 10, 2001

    WARREN, Ohio – A rally was held here Nov. 3 in support of 55 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3808 who went out on strike Oct. 22. The...

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  • Arizona dice: Fin al bombardeo!

    Arizona dice: Fin al bombardeo!

    November 10, 2001

    TUCSON, Ariz. – Como 150 personas asistieron una manifestación al frente de la fábrica Raytheon Missile System el 16 de octubre aquí, exigiendo un fin al bombardeo de Afganistán y opuestos a planes para la militarización...

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  • Arab League: no to bin Laden

    Arab League: no to bin Laden

    November 10, 2001

    DAMASCUS, Syria – The head of the 22-nation Arab League on Nov. 4 dismissed an appeal by Osama bin Laden to Muslims to join a holy war against the West. Arab League Secretary General Amr Musa...

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