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Labor eyes quick passage of new organizing law
November 17, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — The new Democratic-run House in the 110th Congress will pass the Employee Free Choice Act, AFL-CIO Legislative Director Bill Samuel said in a Nov. 8 interview. “It will be nice to be playing...
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Israeli massacre in Gaza provokes outcry
November 17, 2006News Analysis President Bush warmly received Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House Nov. 13, less than a week after two fateful events: the midterm elections, where U.S. voters repudiated the Iraq war, and...
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Mixed results in California elections
November 17, 2006Among the most significant election results in California was the 53-47 percent victory of wind power engineer Jerry McNerney over seven-term U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo in the 11th Congressional District, despite a Republican 7-point advantage in...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
November 17, 2006FORT BENNING, Ga.: ‘Close torture school,’ thousands demand Judy Cumbee marched over 150 mileswith scores of peace activists from Montgomery, Ala., to Fort Benning, joining over 20,000 from around the country demanding that the former School...
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Iraq war refuser speaks on Veterans Day
November 17, 2006CHICAGO — Gathering at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial alongside the Chicago River to the musical refrains of “I ain’t gonna study war no more,” veterans and their supporters helped bring a distinctly antiwar cast to...
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