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Pakistans struggle for democracy intensifies
November 16, 2007As Pakistan enters its second week under martial law, political parties, unionists, lawyers, journalists and other “civil society” components are coalescing to challenge Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s emergency rule and widespread repression of democratic rights.
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Ohio town hall meeting: Fix the health care system
November 16, 2007ASHTABULA, Ohio — Health Care for All was the topic at the Ashtabula Town Hall meeting Nov. 10 at People’s Missionary Baptist Church. The meeting, endorsed by the NAACP and the Ashtabula AFL-CIO and Retiree Council,...
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Unionists energized for election battles
November 16, 2007WASHINGTON (PAI) — Off-year election results in state and municipal races on Nov. 6 show union voters are already energized for 2008, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says. And they also show unionists and the country want...
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Antiwar high school students win victory: Supporters say Expel military recruiters, not students
November 16, 2007BERWYN, Ill. — All we wanted to do was send a message of peace and “bring an end to the conflict in Iraq,” student Matt Heffernan told reporters in front of Morton West High School here...
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Mass strike halts French rail network
November 15, 2007France’s train traffic ground to a halt Nov. 13 as transport workers launched open-ended strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s regressive “reform program.” Trade union leaders warned that the walkout, which has been sparked by Sarkozy’s plans...
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