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South Florida pays tribute to Pete Seeger
May 3, 2009FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- South Florida progressives and folk music fans turned out in sizeable numbers for a Pete Seeger 90th Birthday Concert held on April 26 at the Ft. Lauderdale Unitarian Universalist Church.
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May Day in Baghdad
May 3, 2009Original source: Iraqi Communists, waving red banners, joined thousands of workers and trade unionists in celebrating International Workers' Day in central Baghdad on Friday, 1st May 2009. The marchers started off from under Nasb al-Hurriya (Freedom...
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Egypt to welcome Israel PM in May
May 3, 2009Cairo, May 2 (Prensa Latina) Egypt expects a visit by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold talks on bilateral affairs and the peace process with Palestinians. The local media, quoting official sources, say President Hosni...
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World Bank in about face on worker rights
May 3, 2009WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (IPS) - The World Bank is dropping an index scored for undermining worker rights from its flagship effort to promote business-led economic growth in emerging, developing, and former Soviet countries. The move, announced...
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KROMM REPORT: Will the Supreme Court kill the Voting Rights Act?
May 3, 2009Original source: The case is Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District #1 v. Holder -- shortened to NAMUDNO -- and represents the most serious challenge to the act to date, and has become a lightning rod for...
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