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HR 676 offers Rx for Cover the Uninsured week
May 12, 2006WASHINGTON (PAI) — A bill establishing a government-run Canadian style single-payer health care system for the U.S., built on Medicare, is gaining union backers, coincidentally as “Cover the Uninsured” week ran from May 1-7. The measure,...
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Missouri miners demand card check neutrality
May 12, 2006ST. LOUIS — Demanding that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, accept a “card check neutrality” process which would allow its workers to unionize with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), over 100 trade...
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WORLD NOTES
May 12, 2006Burma: Epidemics linked to junta A recent report issued by medical experts at The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health cites the military junta in Burma as the primary agent in the spread of disease...
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Nepal: New government unravels kings rule
May 12, 2006Nepal’s new government said this week it is canceling all political appointments, legislation, decrees and other actions by King Gyanendra during his absolute rule since October 2002. The cabinet of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala also announced...
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Bolivia joins new alliance, nationalizes gas
May 12, 2006Three months into a seemingly quiescent presidency, Bolivian President Evo Morales has staked out banners of change for Latin America. On April 29, Bolivia joined the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), a year-old alliance between...
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