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AFL-CIO to target 200 races
August 18, 2006CHICAGO (PAI) — The AFL-CIO is putting money and, more importantly, people into 200 political races this fall, including “every statewide U.S. Senate and governor’s race,” federation Political Director Karen Ackerman says. In an Aug. 8...
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Failing soldiers at home, too
August 18, 2006It’s well known that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld failed to protect the nation’s soldiers during the invasion of Iraq. Numerous news accounts and congressional reports have established that soldiers in Iraq fought without sufficient body...
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WORLD NOTES
August 18, 2006China: Wal-Marts to be union shops After 25 members of the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in Fujian Province established the first labor union in one of Wal-Mart’s 60 retail outlets July 30, China’s...
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Partial recount in Mexico reveals more fraud
August 18, 2006MEXICO CITY — Strengthening popular demands for a vote recount to rule out election fraud, a partial recount ordered by Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal last week uncovered evidence of widespread irregularities. The recount was the result...
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Justice Dept. exonerates FBI in Puerto Rico killing
August 18, 2006People from different sectors of Puerto Rican society are criticizing a report issued last week by the inspector general of the Justice Department, that absolves the Federal Bureau of Investigation of any wrongdoing in the killing...
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