Archive - Nov 21, 2005

Monday, November 21, 2005

Mon, 11/21/2005 - 17:06

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GM LAYOFFS
General Motors announced today that the company will cut 30,000 manufacturing jobs. At least ten production plants and service facilities in the U.S. and Canada have been slated for closure. The company estimates that planned cutbacks will save seven billion dollars a year.

CIA FLIGHTS

Canada's Foreign Ministry is looking into allegations that a privately-owned aircraft used by the Central Intelligence Agency to transport detainees stopped over at a Canadian airport on Friday. The government of Spain began an investigation last week after similar allegations were made regarding the use of an airport on the island of Majorca.

BLAIR'S ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION