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  • Colombia: blood on the coal

    Colombia: blood on the coal

    December 1, 2006

    LA GUAJIRA, Colombia — Cerrejón, the world’s largest open pit coal mine, materialized 25 years ago in the midst of the Afro-Colombian and indigenous Wayuu peoples living in this northeast corner of Colombia. The region is...

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  • Goodyear workers strike for safety, jobs, health care

    Goodyear workers strike for safety, jobs, health care

    December 1, 2006

    As the holiday season approaches, 15,000 workers at Goodyear plants in 10 U.S. states and three Canadian cities, members of the United Steelworkers, walk the picket lines, as the union ramps up a national solidarity campaign....

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  • Dj vu as anger rises over Florida vote tally

    Dj vu as anger rises over Florida vote tally

    December 1, 2006

    Anger is spreading across Florida that once again, as in the 2000 election, vote theft has put the wrong candidate in office in Washington. Wealthy Republican businessman Vern Buchanan has been certified as winner over Democrat...

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  • Leftist Correa claims victory in Ecuador

    Leftist Correa claims victory in Ecuador

    December 1, 2006

    At press time, with official tallies showing he had won 57 percent of the vote, Rafael Correa of the left-leaning Alianza País party claimed victory over right-wing millionaire Alvaro Noboa in the Nov. 26 run-off election...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    December 1, 2006

    NEW YORK: Police kill groom in hail of bullets The families of Sean Bell and Nicole Paultre had been looking forward to dancing at their wedding, Nov. 25. Instead they stood with hundreds of their neighbors...

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