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Marching to defend jobs
May 17, 2009Original source: Workers from factories, car plants and steel mills threatened by the economic crisis are descending on Birmingham today for a mass demonstration to defend jobs. Unite's March for Jobs protest is part of a...
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One people, one heap of rubble
May 16, 2009Anton Gill writes in his book, 'An Honorable Defeat,' that during World War Two numerous underground groups were formed to directly protest Nazi’s Hitler Youth and League of German Girls. As the Allies destroyed more and...
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Urgent action needed to stem foreclosure crisis
May 16, 2009We can beat the banks if we try, organizers say CHICAGO -- The foreclosure crisis is so severe in Cook County that a judge ordered a temporary halt to scheduling new foreclosure cases. The crisis is...
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California governor calls for more deep cuts
May 16, 2009In a move some said was timed to influence California’s May 19 special election, Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger May 14 unveiled two proposed budgets to cope with the state’s ballooning deficit. The first would close a...
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Pakistan at a crossroads
May 16, 2009Pakistan stands at a crossroads, where past meets present and national identity meets regional influences. It does not seem to be at a crossroads, as some have described, between a nuclear-armed democratic state vs. a nuclear-armed...
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