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WORLD NOTES
December 2, 2005Ireland: Ferry workers protest A ferry workers’ protest over hiring of lower-paid replacement crews from Eastern Europe has taken on national dimensions, with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern soundly criticizing the company, and the ferry workers’...
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Bolivians set to elect left-wing leader
December 2, 2005Evo Morales, an indigenous leader and candidate of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), is favored to win Bolivia’s presidential elections on Dec. 18. His party and a coalition of popular forces are calling for the nationalization...
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Big changes afoot in Israeli politics
December 2, 2005In the wake of dissolution of Israel’s parliament and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s subsequent resignation from the right-wing Likud Party on Nov. 21, a new election has been set for March 28. This will be the...
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Gulf Coast Update
December 2, 2005“Just as the government failed to get folks out and people were left to die, they are failing right now to give survivors decent shelter and an opportunity to return,” said William Quigley, law professor at...
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AFL-CIO clears way for solidarity charters
December 2, 2005WASHINGTON — Some details remain to be settled, but the AFL-CIO announced Nov. 16 that it will begin issuing “solidarity charters” to locals whose international unions recently disaffiliated from the AFL-CIO and joined the Change to...
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