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Catholic hospital chain pressed on low wages
August 10, 2007CHICAGO (PAI) — Four years ago, Araceli Romero’s son Julio developed a serious infection. Romero, a laundress at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago — flagship of one of the nation’s largest Catholic health care medical chains...
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WORLD NOTES: August 11
August 10, 2007Vanuatu: Pacific island nations slam ‘free trade’ Meeting on July 29 in Porto Vila, Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, European Union negotiators told representatives of 14 Pacific island nations, home to 8 million people, that unless...
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Right wing suffers election setback in Japan
August 10, 2007Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ultra-right Liberal Democratic Party suffered a devastating loss in the elections to Japan’s House of Councilors July 29, becoming a minority party in the process. The shift was stunning. The LDP...
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Sudanese rebels, minus a few, unite for talks
August 10, 2007WASHINGTON (IPS) — Leaders of Darfur’s fractious rebel groups have settled on a common negotiating position following a four-day round of talks in Tanzania, United Nations and African Union mediators announced Aug. 6. The rebels hope...
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Washington and Chiquita partners in terror
August 10, 2007Revelations of ties between the Chiquita Brands International, based in Cincinnati, and right-wing terrorist groups in Colombia highlight corporate crimes and swagger in a country rife with suffering. They also show Washington’s hypocrisy regarding terrorism. Chiquita,...
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