Laid-off Mexican workers protest utility shutdown

MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands ofMexican workers protested the closure of a money-losing powerutility on Thursday in a challenge to President FelipeCalderon's plans to clean up the bloated public sector . Holding hand-scrawled placards damning Calderon, unionmembers, leftists and students marched along Mexico City 's mainReforma avenue to the Zocalo square in support of the laid-offpower workers. WASHINGTON ? A major report confirms what health officials have lon

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