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  • Beef that could kill you!

    Beef that could kill you!

    February 22, 2008

    Parents around the country are trying to find out if any of the meat involved in the biggest beef recall in U.S. history found its way into their children’s school lunches, or still might show up...

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  • U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers

    U.S. labor leaders to Bush: No trade deal with murderers

    February 22, 2008

    Top labor leaders ended a trip to Colombia Feb. 13 by telling that country’s president, Alvaro Uribe, American unions will not support the U.S.–Colombia Free Trade Agreement until the killing of union members by right-wing death...

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  • Janitors kick off contract campaign

    Janitors kick off contract campaign

    February 22, 2008

    OAKLAND, Calif. — Janitors represented by Service Employees International Union held coordinated actions around California late last week as they kicked off their campaign to win new union master contracts covering workers in southern and northern...

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  • House defies Bush fear tactics

    House defies Bush fear tactics

    February 22, 2008

    The House of Representatives went into recess for 10 days Feb. 15 without acting on President George W. Bush’s demand that they extend his sweeping authority to engage in warrantless spying under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...

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  • World notes: Feb. 23, 2008

    World notes: Feb. 23, 2008

    February 22, 2008

    South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States...

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