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  • Nurses cheer call to oust Bush

    Nurses cheer call to oust Bush

    May 16, 2003

    WASHINGTON – About 500 union nurses, both registered and practical, fanned out on Capitol Hill May 6 to protest the billions in tax cuts George W. Bush and Congress are doling out to the rich while...

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  • Protesters reclaim rights at Oakland docks

    Protesters reclaim rights at Oakland docks

    May 16, 2003

    OAKLAND – Bowing to intense pressure from the community and public officials, Oakland police remained largely on the sidelines as more than a thousand demonstrators, May 12, reasserted their constitutional right to picket at the docks...

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  • British official resigns over Iraq

    British official resigns over Iraq

    May 16, 2003 By Susan Webb

    News Analysis The resignation of a top British cabinet member this week spotlighted the sharp struggle over who will control post-Saddam-Hussein Iraq.

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  • Changes are happening to your World/Mundo

    Changes are happening to your World/Mundo

    May 16, 2003

    CHICAGO – I was talking to a subscriber today and mentioned that our editorial office – the place where these very pages get put together week-after-week – was moving from New York City to Chicago.

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  • Unemployed to Congress: Give us our jobless pay

    Unemployed to Congress: Give us our jobless pay

    May 16, 2003

    WASHINGTON – Hundreds of jobless workers picketed the Labor Department and then marched to Capitol Hill on May 13 to demand that Congress approve another 26-week extension in unemployment compensation for 4.5 million workers who are...

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