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Bay Area Avoids Transit Strike

OAKLAND, Calif. – A Bay Area Rapid Transit (search) walkout was averted early Wednesday when unionized workers reached an agreement with management less than two hours before the trains that carry more than 300,000 riders each day were threatened to be shut down. The deal was announced by BART spokesman …

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British Muslims Condemn Terror Attacks

LONDON – Ten days after Islamic radicals carried out deadly attacks on the London transport system, Britain’s largest Sunni Muslim group on Sunday issued a binding religious edict, a fatwa, condemning the July 7 homicide bombings as the work of a “perverted ideology.” The Sunni Council (search) denounced the bombings …

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Judge Allows Health Groups Into Tobacco Case

WASHINGTON – A federal judge said Friday she will consider the views of anti-smoking and health advocates if she decides to impose sanctions against cigarette makers in the U.S. government’s racketeering case against against the industry. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler granted a motion by six anti-smoking groups to intervene …

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