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Houston janitors campaign for justice
September 29, 2006In the heart of a $100 billion oil industry, janitors struggle on $106 a week HOUSTON — Demanding wage increases to $8.50 per hour, more work hours, and access to health care, a convention of 800...
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Hungarians call for premiers resignation
September 29, 2006After a secret speech by Hungarian Premier Ferenc Gyurcsany, in which he admitted to having lied to Hungarians “morning, noon and night” about the state of the economy, was leaked to the press, Sept. 17, all...
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Marchers demand freedom of Cuban 5
September 29, 2006WASHINGTON — The struggle for the freedom of the Cuban Five reached a new level Sept. 23 when activists from 30 U.S. cities across the nation marched on the White House to demand their release. The...
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WORLD NOTES
September 29, 2006South Africa: Militants step up struggle against AIDS Meeting in Johannesburg, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has denounced the government’s handling of the AIDS pandemic that kills 900 people in South Africa every...
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Puerto Ricans rally for independence
September 29, 2006Thousands of people in Lares, Puerto Rico, lashed out at the United States last weekend while marking the anniversary of the colony’s first call for independence and denouncing the FBI for the shooting death of independence...
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