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Textile Groups Debate CAFTA

WASHINGTON – Two major groups representing the textile industry, which is highly sensitive to foreign competition, came out on opposing sides Monday in the debate over a free trade agreement with six Central American and Caribbean countries. The National Council of Textile Organizations (search) announced its support for the Central …

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Hot-Air Balloon Crash Kills One, Injures 10

MARANA, Ariz. – One man’s dead and ten other people hurt in the fiery crash of a hot-air balloon (search) in Arizona. Police in Marana, Arizona, say the man who died was in his 70’s and was from New York. He and his wife had been given a ride in …

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Citizen Border Patrols Want to Expand

TUCSON, Ariz. – Organizers of a project that uses civilian volunteers to watch for illegal immigrants and smugglers along the Arizona-Mexico border want to expand their efforts to other border states this fall. Participants in the Minuteman Project (search) have been patrolling a stretch of the southeastern Arizona border since …

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