SEIU delays candidate endorsement
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The Service Employees International Union has postponed its presidential endorsement until next month, underscoring divisions within the powerful labor group over front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, sentimental favorite John Edwards and latest star Barack Obama.
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A Senate panel postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on approving John Bolton as U.N. ambassador, a job he has held temporarily since last year when President Bush appointed him over Democratic opposition.
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John J. Sweeney is facing his first serious challenge as he seeks a fourth term -- and it is from his own base, the labor left. The AFL's 60 member unions will meet in July to choose the next president, but the struggle for votes has already begun.
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Two weeks before the first vote is cast in the state-by-state process to select party candidates for the U.S. presidential election, one Republican was briefly hospitalized and another dropped out on Thursday.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programmers is delayed again.
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Leaders of the AFL-CIO pledged yesterday to consult more widely with workers  before making a decision about endorsing a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination and strongly urged individual unions not to back any candidate until later in the fall.
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A firefighters union has canceled a presidential candidate forum planned for Tuesday in Iowa City because of conflicts with a congressional vote on a labor measure.
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The party backing Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has suspended campaigning for January 8 elections, a spokesman said Sunday, adding that a 12-week delay in the vote was "realistic".
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Afghan officials delayed counting ballots in a historic presidential election on Monday to deal with complaints of fraud, but several of the candidates appeared to be pulling back from an initial decision to boycott the vote.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 31 -- Long-awaited elections scheduled for next week are almost certain to be postponed Tuesday, a choice that rankles opposition leaders in Pakistan who want the vote held on time.
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Local election officials are bracing for a long night and delays that may prevent some states from reporting final tallies until early Wednesday.
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D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) yesterday asked the Washington Convention Center Authority to halt a scheduled vote on recommendations for a new hotel site, delaying action for at least another two weeks.
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HOUSTON â NASA delayed a spacewalk planned for Sunday because of medical issues with a crew member on board the International Space Station (ISS).
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Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 on Monday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.
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Another aide has left Fred Thompson's presidential campaign-in-waiting.
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The nation's newest labor federation, Change to Win, may endorse one of the Democratic presidential primary candidates, the group's chairwoman said Friday.
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SACRAMENTO - Angering nurses across California, the Schwarzenegger administration moved Thursday to delay a requirement for additional nurses in hospital medical and surgical units.