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Toyota to suspend domestic output
February 19, 2009Original source: Japanese carmaker Toyota announced on Wednesday that it plans to suspend domestic output in April, a day after US corporation General Motors revealed that it is to slash 47,000 jobs worldwide. The latest cuts...
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Dresden tremors still felt 64 years later
February 19, 2009DRESDEN — A large-scale anti-fascist action Feb. 13 ended with brutal violence here. Feb. 13 has, for years, been a day of solemn ceremonies in this city on the Elbe, the capital of Saxony. It marks...
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Priest races to brothel’s rescue
February 19, 2009A London brothel fighting closure by the authorities invited an unlikely witness to give evidence on its behalf on Tuesday - the local priest. Reverend David Gilmore, the rector of Soho, spoke at a hearing at...
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20,000 telecom workers set to strike, and more bargaining news
February 19, 2009Original source: Some 20,000 telecommunications workers at AT&T are set to strike, and more updates here from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than...
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Obama economic plan signed into law
February 19, 2009US President Barack Obama signed his hard-fought stimulus plan into law on Tuesday in the hope that the huge injection of public funds will cushion the collapsing US economy.
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