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French government considers 5bn euros bail-out after bank’s losses double
February 27, 2009Original source: The French government was poised to intervene on Thursday after the country's fourth-largest investment bank reported that its net losses had almost doubled in the last quarter of 2008. Natixis claimed that it had...
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Britain admits terror suspects given to US
February 27, 2009Defence Secretary John Hutton admitted on Thursday that British forces in Iraq handed over two terror suspects to the US who were then rendered to Afghanistan for interrogation and possible torture. The disclosures contradict government claims...
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GM employees rally to save jobs
February 27, 2009Original source: Tens of thousands of workers at General Motors Europe's factories demonstrated on Thursday in the battle to save their jobs at Adem Opel AG and other European divisions. Opel's factory in Ruesselsheim provided the...
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Rally: Stop closing schools, education is a right
February 27, 2009CHICAGO – It’s the worst feeling, said Paula Bullard, mother of five, when you have to tell your children that their school is closing. Bullard’s children go to South Chicago elementary in the South Shore neighborhood....
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Letters to the Editor
February 27, 2009Lessons from Massachusetts Flávio Casoy’s recent article on differences within the health care reform movement and within labor misconstrues the facts. There is strong and growing support within labor, and among the people in general, for...
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