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In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers’ lives
June 17, 2011Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.
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50,000 Canadian postal workers locked out
June 17, 2011The company cited $100 million in losses the strike has caused and the union's refusal to cooperate in dealing with declining mail volumes.
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Arizona faces largest wildfire in its history
June 17, 2011Investigators were questioning "persons of interest" in regard to the origin of the blaze, but campfire mishaps aren't the only cause of the fires.
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Congressional Progressive Caucus launches campaign to push for jobs
June 17, 2011The "Speak out for Good Jobs Now" initiative will feature public hearings where workers will voice their concerns and ideas about the economy.
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Attacks on labor end in a whimper
June 17, 2011The third big front in the right-wing Republican-business state-by-state war on workers, in Missouri, ended when the state legislature adjourned in May.
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