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Workers strike to support occupation
July 25, 2009Original source: South Korean trade unions have kicked off a general strike in support of striking workers who have occupied a Pyeongtaek car factory for over two months. The 700,000-strong Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reported...
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Big turnout expected in hotly contested Iraqi Kurdistan vote
July 24, 2009Special elections that began Thursday morning in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are considered the hottest since the first Kurdish parliamentary elections in 1992.
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VIDEO White House press conference on health care reform
July 24, 2009In a prime time press conference focused on health care reform, President Obama explained what's in it for you and your family, health care and the economy and who should pay for the reform - watch...
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TRANSCRIPT President Obama’s town hall meeting in Shaker Heights, Ohio
July 24, 2009President Obama delivers remarks on health care reform at Town Hall Meeting in Shaker Heights, Ohio, July 23, 2009. OBAMA: I think that activism right now in -- in calling your Congress people, calling your senators,...
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Senate narrowly rejects gun measure
July 24, 2009Senate lawmakers defeated a Republican effort July 22 to allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines. The measure was pushed by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and was offered as an amendment to the...
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