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  • Sharon provocations result in violence

    Sharon provocations result in violence

    December 7, 2001

    TEL AVIV – The death least week of some 45 Israeli citizens was at least in part due to Sharon’s provocative steps on the eve of the visit of Bush’s envoys, Anthony Zinni and William Burns,...

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  • ACLU hits Bush, Ashcroft on civil liberties

    ACLU hits Bush, Ashcroft on civil liberties

    December 7, 2001

    WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) warned Nov. 28 that the Bush administration has unleashed a “breathtakingly broad” assault on civil liberties in the past 10 weeks, violating a wide range of “due process”...

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  • Pratt workers on strike to save jobs

    Pratt workers on strike to save jobs

    December 7, 2001

    NORTH HAVEN, Conn. – More than 5,000 Machinists Union members working at the Pratt and Whitney division of United Technologies Corporation, the largest manufacturer in Connecticut, voted by an overwhelming 84 percent Dec. 2 to reject...

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  • Lawsuit demands info release

    Lawsuit demands info release

    December 7, 2001

    WASHINGTON – Citing the government’s continuing refusal to adequately respond to previous inquiries, a group of civil liberties, civil rights and human rights organizations filed Dec. 5 the first lawsuit requesting the disclosure of basic information...

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  • AFL-CIO calls for adding a million members

    AFL-CIO calls for adding a million members

    December 7, 2001 By Noel Rabinowitz

    LAS VEGAS – Just as these are no ordinary times, the AFL-CIO’s 24th Convention, held here Dec. 3-6, was no ordinary convention.

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