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  • Public workers hit the streets in S. Africa

    Public workers hit the streets in S. Africa

    September 24, 2004

    Hundreds of thousands of South African public workers held a one-day strike Sept. 16 over the government’s rejection of their demands for a 7 percent wage hike, an across-the-boards medical aid and housing allowance, and review...

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  • Peltiers lawyers seek hidden FBI files

    Peltiers lawyers seek hidden FBI files

    September 24, 2004

    BUFFALO, N.Y. — An attorney for imprisoned Native American Indian activist Leonard Peltier accused the government Sept. 13 of withholding documents in the case to cover up its own misconduct 30 years ago. Michael Kuzma asked...

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  • Kerry vs. Bush. Think theyre the same? Think again.

    Kerry vs. Bush. Think theyre the same? Think again.

    September 24, 2004

    On Sept. 30, the first debate will be held between George W. Bush and John F. Kerry. It will focus on foreign policy. Below are highlights some of the differences. On security: Kerry * Favors international...

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  • Farm workers win big in North Carolina

    Farm workers win big in North Carolina

    September 24, 2004

    Eight thousand farm workers won union recognition Sept. 16 with the signing of what the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) called the largest union contract in North Carolina history. The pact with the North Carolina Growers’...

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  • In Ohio, job losses loom large

    In Ohio, job losses loom large

    September 24, 2004

    CLEVELAND — Industrial plants continue to close down, and the official unemployment rate goes up. This is the real situation faced by Ohio’s working families as they go into the home stretch of the 2004 election...

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