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  • Obama hands Africas responsibilities back to Africans

    Obama hands Africas responsibilities back to Africans

    July 22, 2009

    Translated by Claire Scammell (l’Humanite) Before parliament in Accra, Ghana’s capital, the American president disposed of the role played in Africa by the major powers and called for the continent to take charge of itself in...

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  • Thousands of British steelworkers march to save jobs

    Thousands of British steelworkers march to save jobs

    July 21, 2009

    Original source: Thousands of steelworkers and their families have marched through Redcar in a campaign to save the Corus steel plant. Over 5,000 workers and their families sent a powerful message to the government with the...

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  • E-books publishing on the rise

    E-books publishing on the rise

    July 20, 2009

    Publishing houses or newspapers specializing in printed books have slipped into e-book publishing. This fact became evident at the recently concluded 'Digital Publishing Expo' in Beijing. By the end of 2008, ninety-percent of 578 publishing houses...

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  • Palestinian workers in West Bank sue for rights

    Palestinian workers in West Bank sue for rights

    July 20, 2009

    Original source: SALFIT, West Bank (WOMENSENEWS)--This month, five Palestinian female workers from a factory in the Israeli settlement of Barkan, in the West Bank, expect to find themselves in a Jerusalem court. They are part of...

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  • Hillary Clinton arrives in New Delhi

    Hillary Clinton arrives in New Delhi

    July 20, 2009

    New Delhi, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in New Delhi on Sunday under tight security to launch what he described as the third phase of the strategic partnership with India....

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