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Rebel violence drains support of fellow Syrians

...uprising.At first, "Aleppo witnessed an amazing number of civil disobedience and popular movements that included unions, lawyers, doctors, engineers and university students," said Fadi Salem, a Syrian academic based in the gulf region who...

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He's back Rocker prepares to join Braves after suspension cut in half

...lawyers who work for baseball were pleased Das established a precedent that speech can be punished. Gene Orza, the union lawyer who argued the case for Rocker, expressed disappointment that the penalty was not reduced even more. Das accepted...

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Sports
Beltran suspended by Royals; union plans a challenge

...to its Haines City, Fla., training camp, whichever is earlier. "This is an assignment to the minor leagues," union lawyer Michael Weiner said, "and you can't assign a player on the disabled list to the minor leagues other than a rehabilitation...

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FAA suspends pilot for failing Breathalyzer tests

...said Monday that he has been conferring with pilots' union lawyers and they are deciding on "a course of action." Hanley said he and the union lawyers have not decided whether to appeal the revocation...

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Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin 'partial birth' abortion bans reversed

...courts' protection of women's health is validated in a big way," said Talcott Camp, an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer in New York. The ACLU sued to overturn the Michigan and Illinois laws, while Planned Parenthood and the Center for...

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Health
Umps file grievance over pitch counts

...commissioner believes the average to be around 285 pitches in a nine-inning game," Gibson and Joel Smith, another union lawyer, wrote in the letter. "Umpires are being told that this number is too high and to 'bring your pitch count down...

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Baseball stops counting pitches, umps drop grievance

...concerned, the matter is now closed and umpires can get back out of the press, where they prefer to be," umpires union lawyer Larry Gibson said. The grievance was filed last Saturday, with the umpires saying the commissioner's office violated...

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Judge rejects postal workers' bid to shut down giant mail-processing plant in New York City

...during the four-day hearing that the workers' demands were a labor dispute that should be settled out of court. Union lawyer Louie Nikolaidis argued the anthrax threat was more widespread and dangerous than postal officials and the Centers for...

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Contraction talks break down

...reportedly was disenchanted with the owners' strategy after he negotiated the framework of a new labor agreement with union lawyers this summer, then was told to stop by Commissioner Bud Selig. Beeston also reportedly told union officials in September...

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Sports
Owners make new sharing proposal

...million, $12 million less than management's previous offer. Manfred said the next move is up to the players. Union lawyers said the proposal was a move in the right direction, but they wouldn't agree the shift was "substantial." "We...

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