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BP plant cited as worst polluter
May 19, 2006HOUSTON — The BP Texas City refinery, notorious for the deaths of 15 workers in March 2005, has been cited as the worst polluter in the United States. The pollution released from the plant tripled in...
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Auto workers at Delphi authorize strike
May 19, 2006SAGINAW, Mich. — In strike votes at 21 Delphi Corp. plants across the country, members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly rejected the company’s plan to scrap its union contracts, fire three-quarters of its...
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NYU grad students major in class struggle: Teaching assistants maintain 6-month strike
May 19, 2006NEW YORK — Several hundred unionists, students, teachers and elected officials turned out May 11 to support New York University graduate teaching assistants, represented by GSOC/UAW Local 2110, who have been on strike for six months....
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May 19, 2006Venezuela: Land returned to peasants The Venezuelan National Land Institute (INTI) and the Spanish Embassy concluded an agreement last week in which Venezuela will buy back close to 3,000 acres of fertile land from Spanish agricultural...
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Left posts gains in regional Indian elections
May 19, 2006TRIVANDRUM, Kerala, India — Communist-led electoral coalitions registered substantial gains in two Indian states and several other regions this month in a development that observers say will have national repercussions. In Kerala, at India’s southern tip,...
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