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Probe of Massey mine disaster has ways to go
August 12, 2010WASHINGTON (PAI) - Top federal mine safety officials say the government's investigation of what happened - and why - at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where a huge explosion and fire killed 29...
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Steelworkers show the way on fair trade
August 12, 2010Last week the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced important agreements with two Chinese clean energy companies.
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UN water vote seen as triumph for Bolivia’s Morales
August 12, 2010Bolivia's president won praise July 28 when the UN General Assembly approved a groundbreaking Bolivian resolution on the right of all human beings to water and sanitation.
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Actor Danny Glover visits Cuba Five prisoner in Calif. prison
August 12, 2010Although the encounter had been months in the making, actor Danny Glover's visit August 8 with Cuban Five Prisoner Gerardo Hernandez at the Victorville, California, maximum security federal prison came at just the right time.
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Americans are dying to eat
August 12, 2010Despite evidence that they may cause cancer, food manufacturers continue to pour about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the American food supply every year.
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