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  • Sago survivor home, mine safety battle continues

    Sago survivor home, mine safety battle continues

    April 7, 2006

    PITTSBURGH — Randall McCloy, 26, thin and weak, sat inside his Simpson, W.Va., home with his wife and two children for the first time in two months. McCloy survived the worst West Virginia mining disaster in...

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  • At Agent Orange meet, a plea to U.S.

    At Agent Orange meet, a plea to U.S.

    April 7, 2006

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Activists and Vietnam War veterans wrapped up a global conference on Agent Orange March 29 with a plea to the U.S. government and chemical companies to take responsibility for health problems linked...

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  • A million UK workers strike for their pensions

    A million UK workers strike for their pensions

    April 7, 2006

    On March 28 over a million local government workers staged Britain’s biggest nationwide walkout since the 1926 general strike. And they warned that they will strike again and again if necessary to stop the government from...

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  • National tour tells McD’s: I’m not lovin’ it

    National tour tells McD’s: I’m not lovin’ it

    April 7, 2006 By Tony Pecinovsky

    Forty-five Florida tomato workers, members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), were lovin’ the solidarity from student, labor, community and religious groups in St. Louis and Chicago rallies last week. The events were part of...

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  • Medical students rally for universal health care

    Medical students rally for universal health care

    April 7, 2006

    CHICAGO — Wearing white coats and stethoscopes, and carrying signs and banners, medical students rallied in support for universal health care here March 31. The students were joined by health care consumers and elected officials at...

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