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March 3, 2006ST. PAUL, Minn.: ‘Public services not for sale’ Hundreds of state workers, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), clogged the halls of the State House March 1, lobbying to prevent...
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Key congressional race shaping up in Illinois
March 3, 2006LOMBARD, Ill. — The 6th Congressional District covers the western suburbs of Chicago. With its sprawling housing developments, warehouses, office complexes, light manufacturing plants and endless malls, it has become a national battleground to fill the...
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At the docks, Bush blamed on port security
March 3, 2006BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The recent sale of Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Navigation Company (P&O), which operates a number of East Coast U.S. ports, to Dubai’s state-owned DP World has raised a political firestorm directed at the...
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Golden mosque blast brings new Iraq crisis
March 3, 2006The bombing of Iraq’s Askariya mosque, Feb. 22, shattered a 1,200-year-old shrine especially revered by Shiites. Its huge golden dome, now wrecked, dominated the landscape of Samarra, a predominantly Sunni city. Built 100 years ago, it...
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Specter immigration bill a blueprint for exploitation
March 3, 2006NewsAnalysis In the early 17th century the English government established systems of servitude, slave and indentured, for much of the labor imported to its North American colonies. Today the Republican-led U.S. Senate has started debate on...
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