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Demand rises for recount in Mexico

July 14, 2006

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute has declared Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) winner of the July 2 presidential election by the narrowest of margins. However, evidence is mounting that the election...

Nurses take to streets for union, patient rights

July 14, 2006

Bush labor board poised to deny union rights to millions of workersOAKLAND, Calif. — More than 700 nurses and their supporters gathered in downtown Oakland July 11 to protest a forthcoming National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...

Bush retreat fails to silence demand: Close Guantanamo!

July 13, 2006

WASHINGTON — Fighters for justice and peace greeted a Pentagon memo asserting that 1,000 or more detainees at secret U.S. military prisons around the world are protected by the Geneva Conventions. They called for the closing...

Mumbai Blasts: Foil Heinous Aim of Terrorists

July 13, 2006

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: The series of bomb blasts on the suburban railways in Mumbai is a vicious terrorist attack. The death toll has touched...

Rulings in favor of American Indians called biased

July 13, 2006

Government gets judge removed from federal trust fund case. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth was removed Tuesday from a 10-year-old lawsuit in which thousands of American Indians claim the government mismanaged billions of...