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Peru poised to shift left?
April 7, 2006The campaign of Peruvian populist Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso appeared to be poised for victory in the April 9 presidential election as the World went to press. A victory by Humala would doubtless upset the Bush...
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At Agent Orange meet, a plea to U.S.
April 7, 2006HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Activists and Vietnam War veterans wrapped up a global conference on Agent Orange March 29 with a plea to the U.S. government and chemical companies to take responsibility for health problems linked...
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A million UK workers strike for their pensions
April 7, 2006On March 28 over a million local government workers staged Britain’s biggest nationwide walkout since the 1926 general strike. And they warned that they will strike again and again if necessary to stop the government from...
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New Orleans rally: Save Charity Hospital
April 7, 2006Two hundred doctors, other health care workers, patients and “Charity babies” — New Orleans residents born at the city’s Charity Hospital — rallied March 25, demanding that President Bush, Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and the Louisiana...
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Claremont Resort & Spa workers win long battle
April 7, 2006BERKELEY, Calif. — After a long and sometimes bitter struggle, some 400 workers at the luxury Claremont Resort and Spa have won a new, multiyear contract providing wage and benefit increases their union says will raise...
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