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WORLD NOTES
October 6, 2006Britain: Union revolt erupts at Labor Party meet Delegates at Britain’s Labor Party Conference overwhelmingly passed a motion Sept. 27 challenging a National Health Service contract with the giant German delivery company DHL that takes effect...
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In close vote, Lula goes to runoff
October 6, 2006SÃO PAOLO, Brazil — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the 60-year-old former factory worker and labor union leader, on Oct. 1 narrowly fell short of the majority vote needed to avoid a runoff election here....
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Global unions: Release Colombian lawyer
October 6, 2006Public Services International, a trade union federation of 640 public sector unions in 155 countries, including the U.S., demanded the release of Dr. Alberto Carvajal Salcedo, 70, a Colombian labor and human rights lawyer imprisoned recently.
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Left-wing festivals showcase politics, culture
October 6, 2006ATHENS, Greece — Autumn festivals organized by Communist parties and their allied youth groups are a longstanding tradition in many European countries, especially in Greece, Portugal, Spain and, since 1991, in the Czech Republic. The festivals...
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Pressures on Bolivian leader mount
October 6, 2006Prior to a recent soccer match in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 40,000 spectators intoned the state’s hymn and then chanted “Autonomy!” They ended by shouting obscenities aimed at President Evo Morales, the recently elected former peasant leader...
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