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THIS WEEK IN LABOR
February 3, 2006Legal services union: ‘Impeach Bush/Cheney’ Both Bush and Cheney should be impeached for lying to the American people in order to start an unjust war, and for spying upon civilians without a warrant, said a resolution...
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Southeastern Ohio farming community suffers educational crisis
February 3, 2006Guernsey County in southeastern Ohio is having serious problems with the educational budget. Education is under fire by the Bush administration on a national level and by the administration of Republican Gov. Bob Taft on a...
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WORLD NOTES
February 3, 2006Nepal: Trade union leaders imprisoned An edict from King Gyanendra of Nepal has resulted in the arrest of 100 leaders of Nepal’s seven-party political opposition and two top leaders of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade...
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Anticommunist resolution blocked in Europe
February 3, 2006An impressive wave of militant, popular resistance to an anticommunist resolution presented before the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe blocked its passage when it came up for a vote Jan. 25. While critics of...
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Tories win power as Canadians reject status quo
February 3, 2006VANCOUVER, British Columbia — After 13 years of center-right rule, angry voters on Jan. 23 penalized the incumbent Liberal Party of Paul Martin by electing a Conservative Party minority government headed by Stephen Harper. The Conservatives,...
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