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  • Converting water into a commodity is the dominant trend

    Converting water into a commodity is the dominant trend

    March 28, 2009

    (l'Humanite) Translated by Anatoli Ricardo Petrella, Secretary General of the International Committee for the Global Water Contract, condemns transnational business groups trying to grab the vital asset. Q: What do you think of the United Nations’...

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  • WORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba

    WORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba

    March 27, 2009

    India: New left electoral coalition formed Before general elections starting April 16, nine left parties met March 15 to shape a coalition to oppose both the centrist alliance headed by the Congress Party, in power since...

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  • Northern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles

    Northern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles

    March 27, 2009

    BELFAST, N. Ireland — Several thousand Catholics and Protestants united in a silent protest here after last month’s killing of two soldiers and a policeman two days later. Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men...

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  • NE health summit: Hundreds demand reform

    NE health summit: Hundreds demand reform

    March 27, 2009

    BURLINGTON, Vt. — Two different groups of people gathered here March 17 to talk about solving the health care crisis. Inside the Davis Center at the University of Vermont were some 400 people invited to the...

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  • Visa campaign launched for Cuban Five families

    Visa campaign launched for Cuban Five families

    March 27, 2009

    Prisoners need to see their families. The United Nations Human Rights Commission urges a minimum standard that prisoners be allowed “regular” communication with family “by correspondence and by receiving visits.” The International Free the Five Committee...

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