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Posada, Cuban Five: Now in Obamas court
February 4, 2009Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez last month asked the Obama administration to extradite Luis Posada to Venezuela, in accordance with treaty obligations. Venezuela wants him to finish judicial proceedings there, cut short in 1985 when he escaped...
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Working for a new, new deal
February 3, 2009OAK PARK, Ill. - Nearly 100 activists and concerned citizens gathered on Sunday, Jan. 25 for a lively forum hosted by the Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice (OPCTJ) entitled, “A new, new deal: what...
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Labor to lawmakers: Dont weaken workplace standards
February 3, 2009California labor leaders are warning that the state’s $42 billion budget gap, which has grown greatly in recent months as the economic crisis deepens, must not be resolved at the expense of the state’s working families....
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Star Tribune bankruptcy imperils 1,400 Minnesota jobs
February 3, 2009Reposted from Workday Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS - The Star Tribune's move to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy puts 1,400 local workers' jobs in limbo. About two-thirds of the workers at the state's largest newspaper are union members....
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Ghana: Voters also go for change they can believe in
February 3, 2009On Jan. 7, John Evan Ata Mills was sworn in as the new President of Ghana, the third since the country became a multiparty democracy in 1992. Mills and his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),...
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