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On International Womens Day, UN shines light on gender violence
March 15, 2008Women’s inequality hurts all, UN chief Ban says UNITED NATIONS — International Women’s Day, March 8, was commemorated here starting March 6. Women’s importance to the world’s progress was emphasized, but speakers stressed that the situation...
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Story of a massacre
March 15, 2008Colombian troops attacked inside Ecuador on March 1, destroying a camp occupied by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Ecuadorian soldiers later found 23 bodies, including those of five Mexican young people visiting the site....
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McCain flip flops on Social Security
March 15, 2008Vows to revive privatizationAngry retirees descended on Social Security Administration offices in downtown Phoenix Mar. 7 holding placards that read, “Tell McCain ‘hands off Social Security.’” They were protesting Republican Sen. John McCain’s recent statements that...
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Workers drown in pink slip flood
March 15, 2008Only a week after releasing the most dismal consumer spending figures in eight years, the government said, March 7, that 63,000 workers lost their jobs in February — another sure sign that the economy is in...
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Worldnotes – March 15, 2008
March 15, 2008Russia: Billionaires multiply In one year Russia moved from 53 billionaires to 87, four of them among the world’s wealthiest 20 individuals. A Forbes editor enthused that “the new No. 2 country behind the U.S,” (which...
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