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U.S. blocks medical exchange with Cuba
October 21, 2006It is commonly believed that the U.S. blockade against Cuba, in force for over four decades, is limited to politics and economics. Cooperation for people’s health is allowed, right? Wrong. For the second year in a...
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Labor: Make police accountable for FTAA violence
October 21, 2006$8 million from homeland security funds spent to quell 2003 protest MIAMI (PAI) — Saying three years is too long to wait, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Florida union leaders are demanding the state’s GOP Attorney...
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Northwest strikers to vote
October 21, 2006BLOOMINGTON, 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
October 21, 2006On 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
October 21, 2006Black colleges fight to recover Black/Brown unity meeting Rents skyrocket Sewage may save wetlands
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