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Arkansas primary becomes test for labor
April 6, 2010The labor movement has become a force to be reckoned with in the Arkansas Democratic Senate primary.
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Cuba, ALBA send aid directly to Haiti
April 6, 2010Cuba plays an outsized role in Haitian health services -- before, and certainly after, the devastating earthquake.
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World Notes: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus and more
April 6, 2010Brazil may allow new U.S. base, Sudan elections set to fail, Egypt's El Baradei speaks out, Afghanistan ups cannibas production, executions return to Belarus and Cuba hosts conference for Chernobyl's children.
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Retirees jump-start convention
April 6, 2010The Alliance for Retired Americans rocked their first plenary session with appearances by AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler, Labor Department Secretary Hilda Solis and others.
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Deadly explosions kill 31 energy workers in one week
April 6, 2010ANACORTES, Wash.---Families and co-workers of six oil workers killed in a refinery explosion here April 2 were mourning their dead when three days later another explosion, this one in a West Virginia coal mine killed 25...
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