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Cuba elected to new UN rights council
May 19, 2006To the dismay of the Bush administration and its European Union allies, the UN General Assembly endorsed Cuba’s nomination to the newly created UN Council on Human Rights on May 9. Cuba was the choice of...
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Cuba revolutionizes its energy policies
May 19, 2006U.S. jitters over the prospect of dwindling world energy supplies are mounting daily. “Peak oil” and similar concepts are entering our everyday language. In socialist Cuba the outlook is somewhat different. Cubans know what an energy...
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Jeb Bush abandons Harris
May 19, 2006TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has publicly abandoned Rep. Katherine Harris, stating she could not possibly defeat incumbent Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson in November. The governor’s comments came on the same day his brother,...
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Security officers organizing in Oakland, Berkeley
May 19, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — As part of a nationwide campaign by the Service Employees union to organize security guards, workers at ABC Security Services are in the midst of a drive to win justice on the job...
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Mothers Day plea: Give my mom a break
May 19, 2006CHICAGO — On May 11, hotel housekeepers, their children, members of Unite Here Local 1 and their supporters held a Mother’s Day rally in front of the State of Illinois building, calling attention to the problem...
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