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Nepal’s lawmakers abolish the country’s monarchy
May 29, 2008KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's lawmakers have abolished the monarchy and declared the country a republic, ending 239 years of royal rule in the Himalayan nation. The newly elected assembly adopted the resolution at its first...
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Ex-White House press secretary slams Iraq war run up
May 29, 2008In a scathing memoir due to be published next week, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan accuses President George H.W. Bush of being out of touch, misled, and taking a propaganda approach to issues that...
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MOVIE REVIEW Indiana Jones survives
May 29, 2008MOVIE REVIEW Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Directed by Steven Spielberg Paramount Pictures, 2008 124 min., Rated PG-13 If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, my movie buddy and I...
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Migrant workers in Greece wage historic strike
May 29, 2008ATHENS — Migrant workers laboring in the strawberry fields of Nea Manolada, in Greece’s southern Peloponnese region, where 90 percent of the country’s strawberry production is concentrated, waged a historic strike last month that will pave...
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Theres a movement going on out there
May 28, 2008These remarks, given at the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists convention in St. Louis, May 22, are reprinted from the AFL-CIO web site, www.aflcio.org. Arlene Holt Baker is AFL-CIO executive vice president. In the last eight...
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