News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 25 days ago
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO Two months ago, America's leading union federation, the AFL-CIO, met in Pittsburgh and elevated longtime Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka to its presidency, replacing the cautious 75-year-old John Sweeney
News Source: The Courier-Mail
| 29 days ago
UN missions in New York of Austria, France and Uzbekistan had to be decontaminated overnight after letters containing white powder sparked an anthrax scare. The letters were delivered to the United Nations missions yesterday, said New York Police
News Source: Sydney Morning Herald
| 29 days ago
The letters were received by the missions of Uzbekistan, Austria and France on Monday afternoon, said Detective John Sweeney. "Three letters were sent with white powder but they don't know what the powder is yet," Sweeney told AFP. Authorities were