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Honoring Ruben Salazar
April 23, 2008Salazar was a Los Angeles Times reporter who covered the Vietnam War and then became news director for the Spanish-language television station KMEX in January 1970.
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U.S., Korean workers: free trade pact would spur race to bottom
April 23, 2008Despite strong resistance from labor and civic organizations in both the United States and South Korea, President Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed to push through the stalled Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement (KORUS...
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Executions to resume after Supreme Court ruling; Stevens statement raises hopes
April 22, 2008A semi-formal moratorium on executions by lethal injection will probably end due to last week’s decision by the US Supreme Court. On April 17, the Court voted 7 to 2 to deny a petition by two...
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Labor moves to stop Bush from gutting family leave
April 22, 2008If unions and the workers they represent prevail the Bush Administration won’t get away with a last minute, back door move to make it harder to take family or medical leave. The Bush controlled Labor Department...
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World Notes: Food shortages, Lat. Am. Multilateral Security…
April 22, 2008Egypt: Protest food shortages Six months of strikes by Egyptian textile workers and others culminated in demonstrations April 6 against rising prices and food shortages in the delta textile city Al-Mahalla. The UN’s IRIN news agency...
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