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  • Northwest strikers to vote

    Northwest strikers to vote

    October 21, 2006 By Barb Kucera

    BLOOMINGTON, 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

    Cuba prepares for UN vote on blockade

    October 21, 2006

    On 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

    GULF COAST UPDATE

    October 21, 2006

    Black colleges fight to recover Black/Brown unity meeting Rents skyrocket Sewage may save wetlands

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    October 21, 2006

    BIRMINGHAM, 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

    Court blocks Arizona voter ID

    October 21, 2006

    CommentaryTUCSON, 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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