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  • Environmental justice tour takes off

    Environmental justice tour takes off

    September 22, 2006

    Anniston, Ala., is the first city in the country where the federal government has distributed gas masks to residents living near a chemical weapons incinerator. Gas masks are the government’s solution to the chance that lethal...

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  • Ford slashes spell pain for workers, communities; CEO to rake in millions

    Ford slashes spell pain for workers, communities; CEO to rake in millions

    September 22, 2006

    DETROIT — Ford’s latest plan to turn the company around puts on the “fast track” the biggest restructuring in the auto giant’s 103-year history. Bearing the pain will be autoworkers and the communities they live in....

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  • At home and at UN: Bush isolated on war policy

    At home and at UN: Bush isolated on war policy

    September 22, 2006

    UNITED NATIONS — “Bush is in town,” the woman working behind the coffee bar said unenthusiastically to her co-worker. It captured the mood in New York City as President George Bush arrived for the opening of...

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  • Arms control takes center stage at UN meet

    Arms control takes center stage at UN meet

    September 20, 2006

    UNITED NATIONS — Convening under the theme of “Unfinished business: effective partnerships for human security and sustainable development,” the 59th annual UN Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations met here Sept. 6-8. The conference drew representatives from more...

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  • Judge temporarily halts oil drilling in Alaskan reserve

    Judge temporarily halts oil drilling in Alaskan reserve

    September 15, 2006

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge on Sept. 7 temporarily halted lease sales of more than 1 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that environmentalists say are essential feeding and breeding grounds for caribou and...

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