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UN meet: Were losing the fight against AIDS
June 17, 2005UNITED NATIONS — The world is losing ground in the fight against HIV and AIDS, UN officials told a special General Assembly conference here June 2. “Last year saw more new infections and more AIDS-related deaths...
Read moreWestern Saharas quest for self-determination
June 17, 2005News Analysis Recent developments in northwestern Africa, along with worldwide observances of African Liberation Day, provide occasion to reflect on the continent’s last remaining colony, Western Sahara. The politics of oil, a repressive occupation, and a...
Read moreTexans slam privatization
June 17, 2005LA MARQUE, Texas — About 200 Texans met in this small community adjacent to Texas City (location of the recent BP refinery explosion), June 11, to express their opposition to the Bush administration plan to privatize...
Read moreL.A. hotel workers reach tentative pact
June 17, 2005Only moments before some 2,500 workers at seven major Los Angeles hotels were to be locked out by their employers, leaders of UNITE HERE Local 11 and the L.A. Hotel Employers’ Council (EC) reached a tentative...
Read moreCalif. labor vows fight in special election
June 17, 2005California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped the proverbial other shoe June 13 with a long-anticipated announcement that a special election headlining his proposed ballot measures will be held Nov. 8. The governor made his announcement, foreshadowed in...
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