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July 14: World Notes
July 13, 2007Syria: Iraqi immigration causes disruption Iraq refugees totaling 1.5 million now make up 8 percent of Syria’s population, according to the UN’s IRIN news agency. Some 2,000 arrive every day, and pressures are close to the...
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Heat wave in Europe breaks 100-year record
July 13, 2007ATHENS, Greece — A severe nine-day heat wave in Europe has broken 100-year temperature records. Throughout southern Europe and the Balkans, unusually high temperatures caused many deaths, including 29 in Romania where temperatures reached 113 degrees...
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July 14: National Clips
July 13, 2007COLUMBIA, S.C.: Antiwar veterans tour bases, get arrested Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War had barbecues, information for soldiers regarding their rights and a listening ear for soldiers’ stories on their minds when they kicked...
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As garbage ripens, Waste Management locks out 500 workers
July 13, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — As leftovers from July 4 barbecues festered in the hot summer sun, locked-out workers were on the picket line at garbage giant Waste Management here and in other San Francisco Bay Area communities...
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Bus drivers strike to keep heads above water
July 13, 2007LOS ANGELES — On the heels of a fare increase for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority comes a strike by coach operators for the neighboring Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The drivers are represented...
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