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  • Women and men: equality drags its heels

    Women and men: equality drags its heels

    March 27, 2009

    Translated by Karen Grimwade (l'Humanite) Achieving equality between women and men remains a struggle. In the family, at work or in politics, discrimination persists. Despite the fundamental progress women have fought hard to achieve over the...

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  • Mining firms ‘cheat Africa out of millions’

    Mining firms ‘cheat Africa out of millions’

    March 27, 2009

    Original source: Anti-povert groups revealed on Wednesday that mining transnationals routinely deprive African countries of huge amounts of tax revenue that could be used to boost social development. Investigators found that mineral-rich countries are losing tens...

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  • Webcams show Bald Eagle hatchlings

    Webcams show Bald Eagle hatchlings

    March 27, 2009

    A webcam at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Virginia caught the hatching of two Bald Eaglets born six days apart late last month, according to the National Wildlife Refuge System's website. A second...

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  • The populist upheaval  where is it headed and who can lead?

    The populist upheaval where is it headed and who can lead?

    March 26, 2009 By John Case

    The populist outrage over AIG bonuses, and bailouts that seem to pay off the perpetrators of the financial crisis — while millions are left out of work with no medical benefits, and unemployment benefits running out...

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  • Labor to Big Biz: You wont derail employee free choice!

    Labor to Big Biz: You wont derail employee free choice!

    March 26, 2009

    The labor movement remains undaunted in its push for the Employee Free Choice Act despite the defection of Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter, the only Republican member of the Senate who had supported the measure. Specter announced March...

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