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Oakland responds to slayings with a vision of community
March 30, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. ― The fatal shooting of four Oakland policemen by a lone gunman March 21 has prompted a weeklong outpouring of condolences and solidarity with the families of the slain men and with the police...
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‘People come first’ say progressive leaders
March 30, 2009VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile, Mar 28 (IPS) - Countries must put people first if they are to prevent the economic recession from becoming a social recession, concluded the two-day gathering of self-styled progressive world leaders that...
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Morales to call for new world order in Doha
March 30, 2009La Paz, Mar 29 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales on Sunday is flying to Doha, Qatar, for the Second Arab-South American Summit, where he will advocate for a new multilateral world order to face the...
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Archie Green, 91, union activist and folklorist, dies
March 30, 2009Original source: The New York Times Archie Green, a shipwright turned folklorist whose interest in union workers and their culture transformed the study of American folklore and who single-handedly persuaded Congress to create the American Folklife...
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Nestl stands accused of rights violations in connection with possible sell-off in Korea
March 29, 2009Reposted from www.iuf.org The IUF wrote to Nestlé corporate management, pointing out that while the company may react with silence or with the standard 'we do not respond to rumours' when dealing with the media, it...
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