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  • Earth Summit to act on poverty, environment

    Earth Summit to act on poverty, environment

    August 30, 2002

    JOHANNESBURG – The United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) opened on Aug. 26 here. Over 20,000 participants are expected to attend. South African President Thabo Mbeki, at the gala opening of the summit, welcomed...

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  • Expulsion of Arab teacher denounced

    Expulsion of Arab teacher denounced

    August 30, 2002

    TAMPA, Fla. – On the basis of secret evidence he has never seen, Palestinian college instructor Mazen Al-Najjar was removed from a federal prison, Aug. 23, hustled aboard a private jet and deported leaving behind his...

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  • Opposition grows to war with Iraq

    Opposition grows to war with Iraq

    August 30, 2002 By Susan Webb

    Growing opposition to the Bush administration’s planned attack on Iraq, even from prominent right-wing Republicans, provides a “window of opportunity” to prevent such a war, Kathy Kelly, coordinator of Voices in the Wilderness, a humanitarian group...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    August 29, 2002 By John Pappademos And Evelina Alarcon

    Colombia: unionists face death threat/Canada: ‘Big Three’ face big strike/Portugal: Defense minister warns against general strike/Slovakia: Anti-civil liberties move fails/Mexico: Workers aim to block private power plan/Indonesia: Workers protest vs. Nike

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  • Canadian workers oppose planned U.S. attack on Iraq

    Canadian workers oppose planned U.S. attack on Iraq

    August 29, 2002

    In a statement issued on August 20, Ken Georgetti, president of the 2.5 million-member Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) said, 'Canadian workers are watching with growing disbelief the U.S. government’s preparations for a full-scale attack against Iraq...

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