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Rank-and-filers demand Employee Free Choice Act
May 26, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — Bob Boyle was fired April 28 from Oesterling’s Sandblasting Co., just outside Butler, Pa. “I wanted a little better and safer place to work,” said the 17-year veteran of the plant. Boyle and...
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WORLDNOTES
May 26, 2006Nepal: People celebrate their victory Around the country late last week, people were celebrating the House of Representatives’ May 18 proclamation stripping King Gyanendra of his royal powers. The legislature ended Gyanendra’s control over the army,...
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Venezuela, Libya to aid African nations
May 26, 2006Venezuela and Libya will offer free medical aid and discounted oil to developing countries in Africa, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalqam said May 18. “The leaders of Libya and Venezuela discussed the formation of a...
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Venezuelas revolution reaches across continents
May 26, 2006Chavez, Morales cause stir in Europe Revolutionary struggles moved onto the world stage as Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela went to Vienna, Austria, on May 11 for the Fourth European Union/Latin...
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Mayoral candidate welcomed on home turf
May 26, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — “Unity in the Community” was the theme as neighbors gathered May 20 at West Oakland’s DeFremery Park to greet former Congressman Ron Dellums in the area where he grew up, and to express...
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