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July 17, 200950 years of the Cuban Revolution, 1st Wednesday topical discussion group, Discussion on Doi-Moi: renewal of society in Vietnam in a time of fundamental world change.
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Worker rights are civil rights 1,500 march in Arkansas for Employee Free Choice
July 17, 2009LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — With Central High School as a backdrop, the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act took center stage here in this southern state. About 1,500 people rallied and marched July 11 in...
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Communications workers and AT&T strike Midwest deal
July 17, 2009Nearly 20,000 AT&T workers in the Midwest will be voting on a tentative contract that their union, the Communications Workers of America, spent the last half year negotiating. The tentative agreement, reached yesterday, will be submitted...
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Health care fight reaches milestone
July 17, 2009The Obama administration is the engineer on a legislative train racing to complete a health care reform overhaul before the August congressional recess. The train has passed another major milestone in its journey: key Senate and...
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Did Zelaya violate the constitution?
July 17, 2009The mediation efforts of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias in the Honduran situation seem to be headed for failure. Elected, yet deposed, President Manuel Zelaya says he is the only legitimate head of state, as does...
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