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  • Ludlow massacre site dedicated as national landmark

    Ludlow massacre site dedicated as national landmark

    June 29, 2009

    Original source: Mine Workers (UMWA) leaders, union activists, lawmakers and historians will dedicate the site of the 1914 Ludlow Massacre—one of the bloodiest chapters in the nation’s labor history—as a National Historic Landmark. On April 20,...

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  • British embassy staff held in Tehran

    British embassy staff held in Tehran

    June 29, 2009

    Original source: Authorities have detained eight employees of the British embassy in Tehran on Saturday, alleging that they had played a 'significant role' in post-election unrest. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is in Corfu for a...

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  • Communist Party statement on Honduras crisis

    Communist Party statement on Honduras crisis

    June 29, 2009

    The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) joins with the world in denouncing the coup d’etat this morning against the legally elected president of the Republic of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, by the Honduran military, in which, according to...

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  • Reaction to the Honduran crisis

    Reaction to the Honduran crisis

    June 29, 2009

    Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton The action taken against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and thus should be condemned by all. We call on all parties in Honduras to...

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  • Zelaya Confirms he is in Costa Rica

    Zelaya Confirms he is in Costa Rica

    June 29, 2009

    President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya confirmed he is in Costa Rica, as he was kidnapped by Honduran military officers, who dragged him from his residence. During a telephone contact with TELESUR (), Zelaya made clear he...

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