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French Caribbean colonies rise up against effects of global crisis
February 18, 2009Original source: Strikes that have nearly frozen everyday life on France's Caribbean islands burst into clashes on Monday as police laid into striking protesters angry at soaring prices and a wealthy white elite. In Martinique, about...
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Thousands of Gazans remain homeless
February 18, 2009Gaza City, 17 February 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain homeless after their houses were badly damaged or destroyed during Israel's recent military offensive there. The Israeli army began with aerial...
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World steel industry striving to pick up
February 18, 2009(Peoples Daily Online) Global steel output in 2008 was 1.3297 billion tons, a drop of 1.2 percent over 2007 and the first-ever decline in the past two decades since 1998, according to statistics released by the...
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No kissing here
February 17, 2009Rail bosses unveiled a No Kissing sign at a railway station on Monday, claiming that the move would cut delays.
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Venezuelan president’s backers celebrate referendum win
February 16, 2009February 16 (Xinhua) Supporters celebrated President Hugo Chavez's win in the constitutional referendum Sunday night, which has lifted term limits to allow him to run in 2012 presidential election and stay in power as long as...
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