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Unionists raise funds for earthquake victims
June 7, 2008New York — In response to last month’s devastating earthquake in Sichuan, China, Local 23-25 of Unite Here, which represents a large number of Chinese immigrant garment workers here launched fundraising efforts for the victims on...
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India decides on historic womens bill
June 7, 2008The United Progressive Alliance, the ruling group of parties in India, finally reintroduced in Parliament last month a long delayed and eagerly awaited bill to advance women’s political representation. Called the Women’s Reservation Bill, the measure...
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Fourth Fleet threatens peace, democracy in Latin America
June 7, 2008Latin American leaders have been critical of the Bush administration plan to reestablish the U.S. Fourth Fleet which will, according to a Department of Defense press release, operate “in the Caribbean, and Central and South America.”...
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Transit crunch may spark new vision
June 7, 2008OAKLAND, Calif. — Just when soaring gas prices, clogged highways and deepening worries about global warming are leading Americans to abandon their cars for public transit, a budget squeeze is wrapping itself like a boa constrictor...
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Worldnotes – June 7, 2008
June 7, 2008Czech Republic: Resistance grows to U.S. bases In Prague, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar not to expect their hunger strikes to keep U.S. missile tracking systems out of the Czech Republic....
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