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Unemployed no longer welcome to apply for jobs?
August 30, 2011Big business has set up a new roadblock for the jobless: employers only consider hiring those who are already working, reported the AFL-CIO. In other words, the unemployed need not apply.
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Boom or bust? Two visions from a Pennsylvania park
August 30, 2011"Sacrifice our water? No fracking way!" inked on the wooden fence in Colton Point State Park, sitting squarely atop one of the world's richest natural gas deposits.
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Chile resists – students and labor join forces
August 30, 2011Anational strike called by the Workers' United Center of Chile (CUT), massed 400, 000 people in the capital city of Santiago and 200,000 elsewhere.
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Michigan Republicans cut welfare and twist Bible
August 30, 2011Michigan's Republican dominated state Legislature passed a lifetime limit on welfare benefits expected to cast 11,000 families off the welfare rolls on Oct. 1 - including more than 29,700 children.
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Bombing of UN’s Nigeria office raises questions
August 30, 2011Who are Boko Haram? The group has drawn renewed media interest following the UN building bombing that killed 10 last week.
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