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Health care: Mill closes but problems stay
May 31, 2002The fortunes of Sterling, Ill., a small town of 14,000-plus, due west of Chicago, have moved up and down with the fortunes of Northwestern Steel & Wire (NW Steel). Today the fortunes of both are scraping...
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International notes
May 31, 2002Leaders highlight poverty, inequality/Nepal emergency extended over strong opposition/Germans don’t like euro/Cuban, South African CPs sign agreement/Panama wants U.S. to clear explosives
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War clouds loom in South Asia
May 31, 2002NEW DEHLI, India – The Indian subcontinent is again on the edge of a war. India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, are at loggerheads. Heavy exchange of fire is going on at the border, where thousands...
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Charleston crane operators win after walkout
May 31, 2002South Carolina crane operators won a whopping labor victory this week after their refusal to work nearly shut down all operations at the Port of Charleston, the nation’s fourth largest container port.
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Judiciary committee vote insults women
May 31, 2002The field of credible Democrats running for President was significantly narrowed today when two rumored candidates insulted every employed woman, every woman in business, and every woman who has been a victim of violence in this...
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