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Dollar’s fall pushes up oil prices
June 11, 2009NEW YORK, Jun 9 (Prensa Latina) The dollar''s continuous devaluation pushed up oil prices again, which exceeded $69 a barrel, after two days of regression. The US light crude oil to be delivered in July rose...
Read moreTwin Cities Walmart workers launch organizing drive
June 11, 2009ST. PAUL - Hodan Hassan would like to have health insurance for herself and her family. Leontez Slaughter worries about safety on the job. Denise Spittler is tired of being told she can quit if she...
Read moreMassacre in Peru cements impasse
June 11, 2009Conflict over land in the Amazonian regions of Peru left 23 police officers and at least 30 indigenous protesters dead on June 5, a day of shoot-outs, plundering and incendiary attacks in Bagua Province. One hundred...
Read moreEmployee Free Choice backer wins Tony
June 11, 2009Original source: Congratulations to the performers, all members of Actors’ Equity, who won Tony Awards this past weekend. And a special salute to Gregory Jbara, who picked up a Tony Award for his role as “Dad”...
Read morePublic health care option seems only choice for rural Missouri
June 11, 2009WEST PLAINS, Mo. -- Janet Redford, a middle-aged, soft spoken redhead, sits across the table with tears in her eyes. After 37 years as a nurse, she's now on disability. Arthritis, inflammation, bone spurs, and other...
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