World
Union to picket petrol station over porn
June 29, 2009A branch of the Syndicalist trade union has threatened strike action at a petrol station in northern Sweden if managers refuses to remove pornographic material from the shelves. The union's Umeå branch plans to picket the...
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Turkey’s sex workers seek to establish a union
June 29, 2009Reposted from http://www.hurriyet.com.tr Turkey's sex workers seek to establish a union ISTANBUL – Activists and sex workers in Turkey are working on a project to establish Turkey’s first sex workers union. They are hopeful about finding...
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British embassy staff held in Tehran
June 29, 2009Original source: Authorities have detained eight employees of the British embassy in Tehran on Saturday, alleging that they had played a 'significant role' in post-election unrest. Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who is in Corfu for a...
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Communist Party statement on Honduras crisis
June 29, 2009The Communist Party USA (CPUSA) joins with the world in denouncing the coup d’etat this morning against the legally elected president of the Republic of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, by the Honduran military, in which, according to...
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Reaction to the Honduran crisis
June 29, 2009Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton The action taken against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya violates the precepts of the Inter-American Democratic Charter and thus should be condemned by all. We call on all parties in Honduras to...
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