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TWU update contract arbitration under way
September 8, 2006The latest phase in the ongoing struggle of New York City’s transit workers for a just contract began Aug. 4 with the opening of arbitration hearings. The arbitration procedure is going forward at the insistence of...
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WORLD NOTES
September 8, 2006Venezuela: Children’s heart hospital opens The “Dr. Gilberto Rodríguez Ochoa” children’s heart hospital is now a reality in Caracas. Venezuela’s health minister, Francisco Armada, sees the hospital as the apex of a national system to identify...
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Lebanon, after blockade, haltingly starts to rebuild
September 8, 2006While a fragile and not-fully-honored truce continues to hold sway in Lebanon, and despite the Israeli government’s three-week-long blockade of the country, initial steps are being taken in Lebanon to rebuild. The legacy of the U.S.-backed...
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Mexican leftist remains defiant after court ruling
September 8, 2006Despite evidence of electoral fraud, Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal declared Felipe Calderon, candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), president of Mexico on Sept. 5. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the left-wing Coalition for...
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Network combats police harassment
September 8, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Immigrant rights organizations are forming a new network to demand an end to police actions they say violate the city’s values of dignity, respect and equality for immigrants. Representatives gathered on the steps...
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