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Northwest strikers to vote
October 21, 2006BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The 14-month strike by 4,000 mechanics, cleaners and custodians at Northwest Airlines may end within 30 days if a majority of the workers, represented by the independent Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, ratify a...
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Cuba prepares for UN vote on blockade
October 21, 2006On Nov. 8 the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a Cuban resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. In preparation for the vote, Deputy Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held...
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GULF COAST UPDATE
October 21, 2006Black colleges fight to recover Black/Brown unity meeting Rents skyrocket Sewage may save wetlands
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NATIONAL CLIPS
October 21, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Fighting to preserve desegregated schools The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has joined with hundreds of African American parents and others in the Vestavia Hills School District, just south of here, to halt school board...
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Court blocks Arizona voter ID
October 21, 2006CommentaryTUCSON, Ariz. — In a victory for democratic elections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an injunction that bars enforcement of Arizona’s oppressive voter identification requirements during the Nov. 7 election. The Arizona...
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