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May 7, 2003S. Africa: Farm workers fight back Some 2,400 tomato farm workers are fighting in the courts to win their jobs back. The workers, employed by ZZ2 – one of the world’s largest tomato producers – were...
Read moreVietnam beats SARS, but Asia still at risk
May 7, 2003NEW DELHI – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a form of pneumonia, is spreading across Asia. Thousands are in hospitals and the death toll is several hundred. The most affected nations are China including Hong Kong,...
Read moreIraqi Communist paper hits Baghdad streets
May 7, 2003Reporters from the corporate media told the story from Baghdad. In a city craving information the man walking along Paradise Square was surrounded by people, as if he was giving out chunks of gold. But in...
Read moreIraqis say No U.S. occupation
May 7, 2003Shouts of “No to colonialism, no to occupation” resounded throughout Iraq this week.
Read moreCivilizations cradle destroyed by war
April 18, 2003In seizing control of Iraq, the Bush administration has brought devastation to this ancient land, closing its eyes to the human toll and destruction in this “cradle of human civilization.”
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