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California nurses say good riddance to Governators health plan
February 12, 2008SACRAMENTO (PAI)--By a 7-1 vote on Jan. 28, the California state senate Health Committee killed a corporate-based statewide universal health care plan pushed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), a vote the California Nurses Association cheered. Committee...
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Fear of the German left affects defense policy
February 12, 2008What a difference a party on the left can have! US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, at the annual International Security Conference in Munich stepped up pressure on Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan and...
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Belarus to host 17th World Festival of Youth and Students
February 9, 2008The General Council of the World Federation of Democratic Youth decided last weekend that Belarus would host the World Festival of Youth and Students in 2009. The goal of these festivals is to promote peace, international...
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Co-ops transform Venezuela
February 8, 2008For over a decade, an abandoned refilling station owned by Venezuelan oil company PDVSA in western Caracas was a place of death. Community residents said it was a place where women were raped, murdered bodies dumped...
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Letters – Feb. 9, 2008
February 8, 2008Disappointed on ‘Juno’ Reading the review of “Juno” (PWW 1/26-2/1) I was disappointed to see a couple major issues not addressed. This movie seems to prove that “well-received and cute” have little to do with the...
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