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Unions, small farmers mobilize in Paraguay under U.S. eye
April 2, 2014Paraguayan labor federations and small farmer organizations launched a general strike on March 26. Some 90 percent of workers in Asuncion honored the strike.
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Union leader calls Ryan budget a monster out to maul government workers
April 2, 2014"What's another term for an insatiable monster hell-bent on savagely devouring everything in its sight? The Ryan Budget."
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French municipal elections: Voters stay home, socialists trounced, right surges
April 2, 2014The right wing Union for a Popular Movement declared victory and the far right National Front surged.
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Today in eco-history: Richmond food riots
April 2, 2014Thousands of people, mostly women, broke into shops and began seizing food and other items before the militia arrived to stop them.
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President celebrates Obamacare sign-up, rips Republicans
April 2, 2014President Obama made celebratory remarks at the White House yesterday after more than seven million signed up for health insurance.
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