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  • Editorials

    Editorials

    February 7, 2003

    ‘No material breach’ Despite the advance publicity and a 90-minute multi-media snow job by Secretary of State Colin Powell, members of the United Nations Security Council remained unconvinced that war with Iraq is justified. While most...

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  • On Mart, war, peace and economic justice

    On Mart, war, peace and economic justice

    February 7, 2003

    The following is an edited version of Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz’s Jan. 29 speech to the International Conference for World Balance, held in Havana in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of José...

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  • Protecting workers from chemicals

    Protecting workers from chemicals

    February 7, 2003 By Phil E. Benjamin

    A whole new area of occupational health is getting more attention from workers and their unions. The scientific term is Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (HP).

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  • Environment groups warn about Bush cuts

    Environment groups warn about Bush cuts

    February 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    The United States’ largest environmental organizations are bracing themselves for what they say will be an unprecedented assault on environmental laws in the new Congress and throughout the next two years of the Bush administration. Across...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    February 7, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    Russia: Battle of Stalingrad remembered In a moving ceremony on Sunday, World War II veterans from across Russia were joined by political leaders and foreign ambassadors in marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad.

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