October 27 News Update

‘Hands Up, Don’t Ship!’ Minneapolis UPS Workers Protest Shipments to Missouri Police - See more at: http://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2014/08/hands-dont-ship-minneapolis-ups-workers-protest-shipments-missouri-police#sthash.rJeEoDbc.dpuf

Nurses demand new Ebola safeguards
New Protocol on Quarantines Seen as Barrier to Volunteers *

Last U.S. Marines, British combat forces end Afghan operations
First Marine dies in Iraq on new U.S. mission

Canada Post ends home delivery for thousands
N.S. woman 'shocked' community mailbox key opens neighbour's mailbox too

E.U. Greenhouse Gas Deal Falls Short of Expectations *
'Bomb trains': A crude awakening in Calif.
Missing students' classmates want Mexico governor 'behind bars'
Educators and students in Saskatoon learn about Idle No More
Ford picks Mexico over Windsor for engine plant, union says
Workers trapped when shipping container topples
Stars Backing Hong Kong Protests Pay Price on Mainland *
Amnesty International Report Faults the Police in Ferguson, Mo *
NBCUniversal to Settle Suit Over Unpaid Interns *
Industrial explosion, fire in Sarnia, Ont., injures 5
Homeless face 'extermination' in Brazil's heartland city of Goiânia
Dam-building boom holds promise, threat
Brazil's President Rousseff wins second term
New concerns raised over Gulf of St. Lawrence oil drilling risks

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