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Fears of 'extreme' TB strain (Robin McKie)
New drug-resistant infection is 'nightmare' say health experts Robin McKie, science editor -- The Observer Sept 2, 2006 -- Health experts are to hold an emergency meeting in Johannesburg this week, ...
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Released Documents Expose Subservient Congress (Sibel Edmonds)
"National Security" Converts the United States into a Monarchy Sibel Edmonds -- National Security Whistleblowers Coalition Sept. 3, 2006 -- The National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC) has ...
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Mitofsky, 'Father Of Exit Polling,' Dies At 72 (Keating Holland)
Keating Holland WASHINGT0N (CNN) -- Warren Mitofsky, considered by many to be the "father of exit polling," died of heart failure in New York Friday. He was 72. Mitofsky changed the way the media ...
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New Orleans Banks, Brokers Thrive on Insurance Checks | Will Edwards & Bradley Keoun
Will Edwards and Bradley Keoun Sept. 1, 2006 (Bloomberg) -- Banks and brokerage firms in New Orleans say they're faring better than before Hurricane Katrina caused a record $80 billion of damages ...
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Basra Oil Workers Strike Could Resume Sunday | Kathlyn Stone
Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 31, 2006 – Oil pipeline workers in Basra, Iraq, will resume their strike as early as Sunday if authorities do not meet the remaining demands of workers, the ...
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Mexico Leftist To Create Parallel Government | Mark Stevenson
Aug. 30, 2006 -- MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won't be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to ...
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110-Building Site in N.Y. Is Put Up for Sale | Charles V. Bagli & Janny Scott
CHARLES V. BAGLI and JANNY SCOTT -- New York Times Aug. 20, 2006 -- Metropolitan Life is putting Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village -- a stretch of 110 apartment buildings along the East River ...
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Treasury Official Henry Due 20 Percent Of Gleacher Fund Profits | Robert Schmidt
Robert Schmidt -- Bloomberg Aug. 24, 2006 -- The U.S. Treasury official leading a government inquiry into the hedge-fund industry is owed up to $2.5 million in payments keyed in part to hedge-fund ...
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Bush White House To Be Subpoenaed By Wiretap Lawyers | Raw Story
Aug 29, 2006 (Raw Story) -- Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who ...
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Protesters Swift-Boat Bush | Kathlyn Stone
Minnesotans Were Not Deterred By Blocked Roads When Bush Came To Town Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2006 -- George W. Bush was in Minnesota Tues., Aug. 22, fundraising for a Republican ...
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International Labor Leaders Predict More Iraq Labor Strikes | Kathlyn Stone
Kathlyn Stone -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2006 -- A 48-hour strike led by oil and gas workers in Basra, Iraq, last week signals a growing impatience with the U.S. occupation of Iraq, said a ...
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