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Labor, religious groups defend immigrant rights

January 27, 2006

Labor, religious and civil rights groups are urging that supporters of immigrant rights should focus now on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is likely to begin debate on immigration legislation in February.

Hotel workers issue wake-up call

January 27, 2006

Many-top-of-the-line hotels brag about their “heavenly beds.” But triple sheets, oversize mattresses, heavy comforters and five or six pillows make for a work load from hell for today’s hotel workers. And while global hotel chains are...

WORLDNOTES

January 27, 2006

Palestine: Despite obstacles, heavy turnout Despite severe restrictions imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces, Palestinians voted in record numbers in Jan. 25 elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Tension was high in east Jerusalem where Israeli...

Worlds minorities often targets of war on terror

January 27, 2006

UNITED NATIONS — Ethnic and religious minorities accounted for more than 75 percent of those targeted in war worldwide last year, according a report released Jan. 19. The Bush administration’s “war on terror,” says the report,...

Morales takes office in Bolivia

January 27, 2006

Bolivia’s president-elect Evo Morales Aima, left, vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera, center, and economist Carlos Villegas show an analysis their transition team performed inside governmental institutions of the departing government. Morales, the farmers’ leader and head of...