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  • Colombias Uribe mired in paramilitary scandal

    Colombias Uribe mired in paramilitary scandal

    February 23, 2007

    President Alvaro Uribe’s right-wing Colombian government is dealing with a scandal stemming from revelations of ties between the paramilitary United Self Defense Forces of Colombia and ruling elements in Colombian society. According to U.S. government sources,...

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  • Dr. King showed worker rights are civil rights

    Dr. King showed worker rights are civil rights

    February 23, 2007

    The following is excerpted from the remarks of Roger Toussaint, president of New York City’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, on the occasion of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, Jan. 15.Today is a special...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    February 23, 2007

    CARSON CITY, Nev.: Do the right thing for homeless Tents and cardboard shelters sprouted up on the lot next to the state’s Legislative Building, Feb. 18, as over 200 homeless people, advocates, religious leaders and three...

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  • Profits up, but Chrysler cuts

    Profits up, but Chrysler cuts

    February 23, 2007

    FENTON, Mo. — An autoworker who is a member of the Missouri Legislature says Chrysler’s announcement that it is gutting 1,300 jobs from its South Assembly Plant here has “more to do with the bargaining climate...

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  • Local antiwar protests sweep the nation

    Local antiwar protests sweep the nation

    February 23, 2007

    Congress feels grassroots pressure to bring the troops homeWASHINGTON — In local town hall meetings, rallies and visits to lawmakers’ district offices, antiwar activists are taking their “bring the troops home” message to the grass roots...

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