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Peace activist runs for Congress in New Jersey
May 24, 2008As the June 3 state primary approaches, all eyes are on New Jersey’s First Congressional District, in the south part of the state. Last December Mahdi Ibn-Ziyad, a peace activist, declared his candidacy to run against...
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Where goes McCain, so goes the union
May 24, 2008CHICAGO — Wherever John McCain goes, despite efforts to keep his schedule under wraps, labor is there letting everyone know that his election would be a third term for President Bush. On May 19, the Republican...
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Its what Audrey wanted
May 24, 2008BRONX, N.Y. — It looked like a river of purple and yellow winding its way through the streets of the Bronx May 3. It was, in fact, the striking workers at the Kingsbridge Heights Nursing Home...
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Criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts
May 24, 2008House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Calif.) formally asked the Justice Department, in an April 29 letter attached to the report, to investigate the two blasts at the mine. The first trapped and killed...
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Worldnotes – May 24, 2008
May 24, 2008Cuba: International Day Against Homophobia Spain’s La Vanguardia newspaper recently interviewed Mariela Castro, director of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education. Anticipating change, Castro believes that gay people’s rights will be protected under Cuba’s Family Code...
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