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Young people losing out in strong economy
August 10, 2007“This is far and away the strongest global economy I’ve seen in my business lifetime,” Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson declared recently during a visit to the headquarters of Fortune magazine. Really? Strong for whom? For young...
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Catholic hospital chain pressed on low wages
August 10, 2007CHICAGO (PAI) — Four years ago, Araceli Romero’s son Julio developed a serious infection. Romero, a laundress at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago — flagship of one of the nation’s largest Catholic health care medical chains...
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WORLD NOTES: August 11
August 10, 2007Vanuatu: Pacific island nations slam ‘free trade’ Meeting on July 29 in Porto Vila, Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, European Union negotiators told representatives of 14 Pacific island nations, home to 8 million people, that unless...
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Right wing suffers election setback in Japan
August 10, 2007Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ultra-right Liberal Democratic Party suffered a devastating loss in the elections to Japan’s House of Councilors July 29, becoming a minority party in the process. The shift was stunning. The LDP...
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Sudanese rebels, minus a few, unite for talks
August 10, 2007WASHINGTON (IPS) — Leaders of Darfur’s fractious rebel groups have settled on a common negotiating position following a four-day round of talks in Tanzania, United Nations and African Union mediators announced Aug. 6. The rebels hope...
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