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Missouri miners demand card check neutrality
May 12, 2006ST. LOUIS — Demanding that Peabody Energy, the world’s largest coal company, accept a “card check neutrality” process which would allow its workers to unionize with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), over 100 trade...
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WORLD NOTES
May 12, 2006Burma: Epidemics linked to junta A recent report issued by medical experts at The John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health cites the military junta in Burma as the primary agent in the spread of disease...
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Southeast Europe protests NATO expansion plans
May 12, 2006ATHENS, Greece — During her recent visit to Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was met by thousands of protesters wherever she stopped. The demonstrations, which were organized by communist parties, trade unions...
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Nepal: New government unravels kings rule
May 12, 2006Nepal’s new government said this week it is canceling all political appointments, legislation, decrees and other actions by King Gyanendra during his absolute rule since October 2002. The cabinet of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala also announced...
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Darfur peace pact raises hopes
May 12, 2006Hopes are high that Sudan’s western Darfur region is on the road to peace. The African Union announced on May 5 that an agreement to end the war in Darfur was signed between the Sudanese government...
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