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Univ. of Chicago workers demand fair contract
October 26, 2007CHICAGO — Sharon Mikulich, a clerical worker for the Law School at the University of Chicago, has worked there for 31 years. An active member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 743, she was an...
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WORLD NOTES: October 27
October 26, 2007Canada: Air travel falls under U.S. purview The Air Transport Association of Canada, acting on behalf of Canadian airline companies, protested Oct. 13 against a new U.S. requirement that air carriers supply the Bush’s administration’s Department...
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Venezuela, Cuba deepen their many-sided ties
October 26, 2007Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s visit to Cuba Oct. 13-15 was distinguished by poetic homage to revolutionary Latin American heroes and by practical agreements aimed at strengthening both the Venezuelan-Cuban alliance and regional economic independence. The visit...
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N.Y. cabbies strike over GPS tracking scheme
October 26, 2007NEW YORK — New York cabbies held a successful 24-hour strike here Oct. 22 in protest of the new global positioning system devices being mandated by the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). The strike, which...
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Government stumbles in Holy Land trial
October 26, 2007DALLAS — The long-awaited verdicts in one of the country’s most critical civil rights cases were revealed Oct. 22 at the Earle Cabell Federal Building downtown. The Holy Land Foundation, the largest organization providing charitable aid...
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