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Millions face early death from hunger, thirst
March 30, 2007More than 3 million people in the world are condemned to premature death from hunger and thirst. That is not an exaggerated figure, but rather a cautious one. I have meditated a lot on that in...
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When housing dreams become nightmares
March 30, 2007“Why keep paying all that money to make your landlord rich, when you can buy a house while interest rates are low and build up your nest egg?” is heard around kitchen tables, water coolers and...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
March 30, 2007PITTSBURGH: ‘Health care, not warfare’ “I’d rather see 1,500 more beds than 1,500 parking spaces,” said Iraq veteran Sgt. Geoffrey Millard as he stood in front of a parking garage being built at the Veterans Administration...
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Immokalee workers may launch boycott of McDs
March 30, 2007CHICAGO — Imagine waking up every morning, still dark outside, and then have to pick tomatoes for a typical 10-hour workday, seven days a week, in sweatshop conditions with armed guards watching over you. Sound back-breaking...
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German union backs U.S. Chrysler workers
March 30, 2007The 2.4-million-member IG Metall union, representing German blue- and white-collar metalworkers — including autoworkers at Daimler-Chrysler’s German plants — is opposing the company’s move to jettison its U.S. Chrysler division, and calling for a solution that...
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