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Sisters in arms
March 8, 2009Original source: Iranian women's presence in the social, political, and cultural arena is fairly recent. However, this movement, its progress and its impact, embraces much of Iran's contemporary history. Their struggles took shape at the beginning...
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European crisis summit: Divided they stand
March 8, 2009Brussels (l'Humanite) If the debate on protectionism is raging, the reason is that Europe is divided in the face of the crisis. This extraordinary European Council was called on Sunday afternoon by the Czech EU presidency....
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Women ‘are still sidelined in politics’
March 8, 2009Original source: The Inter-Parliamentary Union revealed on Thursday that women only account for around 18 per cent of the seats in parliaments worldwide. In its annual report card, the group bemoaned 'slow progress' in achieving gender...
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Guadeloupe strike ends, people remain mobilized
March 8, 2009BASSE-TERRE -- (Prensa Latina) An agreement March 5 over wages and prices between authorities and unions put an end to a six-week general strike in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean. The deal reached...
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COMMENTARY: The battle for science continues
March 8, 2009The 200th anniversary of the birth of British naturalist Charles Darwin, together with the upcoming 150th anniversary of his book “The Origin of the Species” has motivated more interest in the Theory of Evolution. It’s also...
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