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  • Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts

    Reps cite criminal cover-up in deadly Utah mine blasts

    May 13, 2008

    WASHINGTON--Top company officials at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Huntington, Utah, where nine miners perished in August 2007, concealed facts that would have prevented the deaths and should be criminally charged, according to a Congressional report...

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  • Reclaiming the May Day tradition: ‘Through unity we find our strength’

    Reclaiming the May Day tradition: ‘Through unity we find our strength’

    May 13, 2008

    CHICAGO — On March 10, 2006 this city rocked the nation as nearly 500,000 people stopped traffic and marched to Federal Plaza for immigrant rights and the rights of undocumented workers. It was the largest turnout...

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  • Mexico oil privatization dispute rages

    Mexico oil privatization dispute rages

    May 13, 2008

    While the rest of Latin America moves left, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is pushing hard in the other direction with a thinly disguised plan to privatize PEMEX, the huge state oil company that provides 40 percent...

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  • Terrorist Posada parties in Miami

    Terrorist Posada parties in Miami

    May 13, 2008

    Friends of Luis Posada Carriles held a banquet May 2 at the Big Five Club in West Miami-Dade in honor of the 80-year old Cuban exile. Pedro Peñaranda, president of Municipalities of Cuba in Exile, the...

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  • Girls Rock for equality

    Girls Rock for equality

    May 10, 2008

    MovieREVIEW Girls Rock Directed by Arne Johnson and Shane King 2008, 90 min., PG By Tim Wheeler BALTIMORE – “It’s an eye-opener.” That’s how my 17 year old grand-daughter Erin reacted after viewing “Girls Rock,” a...

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