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  • Honoring Nelson Mandela at 90

    Honoring Nelson Mandela at 90

    July 11, 2008

    Statesmen, royalty and major world figures in business, sports and entertainment celebrated the life of South African anti-apartheid and national liberation leader Nelson Mandela during a Hyde Park concert in London, June 27. The event honored...

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  • Unions say free trade pact would stoke Colombia strife

    Unions say free trade pact would stoke Colombia strife

    July 11, 2008

    Teamsters Union president James Hoffa and Jorge Gamboa, president of the National Petroleum Workers Union of Colombia, warn that ratifying the U.S.-Colombia “free trade” agreement would continue the long civil war that results in hostage-taking there....

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  • ICE throws working moms in jail

    ICE throws working moms in jail

    July 11, 2008

    ‘How does this keep this country safe?’ asks labor leader HOUSTON — 200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept up and arrested 166 workers at Action Rags,U.S.A., June 25, just north of the Houston Ship Channel...

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  • EDITORIAL: Ending the war for oil

    EDITORIAL: Ending the war for oil

    July 11, 2008

    In 2002, this newspaper issued a bumper sticker that read, “No War for Oil.” Events show how “on target” we were. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. oil company representatives were installed as “advisers” in...

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  • Questions about the India-U.S. nuclear deal

    Questions about the India-U.S. nuclear deal

    July 11, 2008 By Teresa Albano

    The drama is rising over a proposed U.S.-India nuclear pact. India’s left-wing parties, which hold 60 seats in Parliament, are united in opposition to the deal and have managed to thwart it for months. But they...

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