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Hunger strikers arrested for protesting energy hikes
April 27, 2007CHICAGO - Affordable Power for the People staged a three day hunger strike in protest of skyrocketing energy costs.
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Is immigration the problem?
April 27, 2007Roy Beck, head of the anti-immigration group Numbers USA, has been circulating a slick video. Over 1.8 million viewers have seen its frightening picture of the U.S. overwhelmed by immigrants. But beneath the surface is a...
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WORLD NOTES
April 27, 2007Ecuador: Overwhelming support for new constitution By an 82 percent majority, voters on April 15 backed President Rafael Correa’s call for a constituent assembly to fashion a new constitution. “Today the country has buried the past,”...
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Union solidarity forces new look at Colombia trade deal
April 27, 2007“Honorable Senators and members of the U.S. Congress: The Uribe government refuses to recognize our basic rights and persecutes and punishes us for exercising our right to peaceful protests,” Colombia’s Oil Workers Union charged in an...
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Port plan a win-win for clean air, jobs
April 27, 2007In a move that could ultimately affect all U.S. ports, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach — together the country’s biggest port complex — earlier this month announced proposals to slash air pollution from...
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