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Arden House workers win great contract
August 19, 2005NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Workers at Arden House nursing home here unanimously ratified a “great contract” Aug. 16 morning after being locked out for two weeks. They won substantial increases in wages and benefits as a...
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World Notes
August 19, 2005Haiti: Members of Congress write Bush Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and 28 other members of Congress are calling on President Bush to urge Haiti’s interim government to immediately and unconditionally release Father Gerard Jean-Juste from prison...
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Senate blocks military aid to Indonesia
August 19, 2005News Analysis The U.S. Senate voted last month to keep restrictions against financial aid and training for the Indonesian military. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have pushed for full restoration of...
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UN spotlights challenges facing worlds youth
August 19, 2005UNITED NATIONS — International Youth Day was commemorated here Aug. 12 with activities celebrating youth culture in all of its diversity — from Brooklyn to China — as well as more poignant reminders of the desperate...
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Court decision signifies new day for Cuban 5
August 19, 2005News Analysis Geoff Bottoms of the UK’s Cuba Solidarity Campaign heads up the fight for the Cuban Five in that country. Commenting on the Aug. 9 decision of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that awarded...
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