Neighbors challenge bio research lab
BOSTON — Opponents of a proposed bioterrorism research laboratory at Boston University Medical Center won a victory last week when a state judge ruled that the basis used to approve the so-called Biolab was “arbitrary and capricious.”
AFL-CIO to target 200 races
CHICAGO (PAI) — The AFL-CIO is putting money and, more importantly, people into 200 political races this fall, including “every statewide U.S. Senate and governor’s race,” federation Political Director Karen Ackerman say
Failing soldiers at home, too
A multi-million-dollar settlement this month between the federal government and American Amicable Life Insurance Company glaringly demonstrates that Secretary Rumsfeld failed to protect soldiers on the home front, too.
WORLD NOTES
China: Wal-Marts to be union shops Chile: Workers strike at major copper mine South Africa: Women commemorate historic march Sweden: Emergency closes nuclear plants Venezuela: Opposition unifies behind Zulia governor
Partial recount in Mexico reveals more fraud
MEXICO CITY — Strengthening popular demands for a vote recount to rule out election fraud, a partial recount ordered by Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal last week uncovered evidence of widespread irregularities.
Justice Dept. exonerates FBI in Puerto Rico killing
People from different sectors of Puerto Rican society are criticizing a report issued last week by the inspector general of the Justice Department, that absolves the Federal Bureau of Investigation of any wrongdoing in the killing of independence leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios.
New Orleans notebook: One year after Katrina
NEW ORLEANS — As a former New Orleans resident with fond memories of this great city, I was horrified as I drove in one year after Katrina. On the outskirts, the fields of dead trees and boarded-up buildings barely hinted at the shocking scenes to come
National Clips
CRAWFORD, Texas: Barbecue for peace LOS ANGELES: State AFL-CIO votes to defend abortion rights LAS VEGAS: Homeless advocates plan court battle
Thousands rally in support of health care workers
CHICAGO — Wearing union-made green T-shirts proclaiming, “We Fight, We Win,” thousands of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees members joined Resurrection Health Care workers in a rally here Aug. 9 outside St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital.
WHATS REALLY GOOD
A giant Fidel lights Quito Students ‘need books, not prisons’ Event calls for cease-fire ‘peace by piece’
