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Iraqi Communist Party Mourns Dr. Naziha al-Dulaimi
October 16, 2007Prominent Women Leader and Patriotic FigureThe Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party has mourned the passing away of the prominent patriotic Iraqi woman, comrade Dr. Naziha al-Dulaimi, who died on Tuesday morning, 9 October 2007,...
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Oregon labor briefs
October 13, 2007PORTLAND, Ore. — The workers at Rosemont School for Girls here voted Oct. 10 to join SEIU Local 503 by a vote of 37-8. This was a hard-fought NLRB-sponsored election campaign, with lots of anti-union literature,...
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Two trees
October 12, 2007The following poem was inspired by a coincidence: two trees recently became prominent in the news at almost the same time. One was the so-called “white tree” in Jena, La., which had become a symbol of...
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Cubs fans shortchanged
October 12, 2007At last! So I thought before the Chicago Cubs lost against the Arizona Diamondbacks in National League’s baseball playoffs. Long-suffering fans of the Cubbies (of which I was one until I realized it was a business...
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Who will be the last to die?
October 12, 2007Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band began their latest tour Oct. 2, performing many tracks from their newly released album “Magic,” which consists of upbeat pop-rock tunes and social criticism. Springsteen, 58, originally from New...
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