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Australia signs Kyoto pact on gas emissions
December 7, 2007As one of his very first official actions Dec. 3, Kevin Rudd, Australia’s newly sworn-in prime minister, signed the instrument of ratification for the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The ratification will come into force...
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Communists upbeat at world meeting in Minsk
December 7, 2007MINSK, Belarus — The mood was upbeat as representatives from communist and workers’ parties around the world gathered here Nov. 3-5 to exchange experiences and observe the 90th anniversary of the Great October Revolution and its...
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Military leaders: end dont ask, dont tell
December 7, 2007Opposition to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding the service of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals in the U.S. armed forces is gaining momentum — this time from within the military community. Marking the 14th...
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Racial profiling at Yale protested
December 7, 2007Special to the World Workers at Yale are still waiting for an apology, five weeks after an African American library worker was the victim of racial profiling by a supervisor. On Oct. 23, Bernard Rogers, who...
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Anti-immigrant equals anti-union at Yale
December 7, 2007CommentaryService and maintenance workers at Yale University, members of Local 35 Unite Here, have become the target of an anti-immigrant hate group seeking to create racial divisions and undermine the union leadership. A flurry of petitions...
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