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Nicaragua: Cleaning up the worlds biggest toilet
March 18, 2009MANAGUA, (IPS) - After dumping its untreated wastewater into lake Managua for more than 80 years, the capital of Nicaragua has started to clean up the huge source of water in this country, where 80 percent...
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Gaza probe demand
March 17, 2009Original source: Sixteen prominent jurists have called on the United Nations to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israeli troops and Palestinian guerillas during Tel Aviv's recent Gaza onslaught. In an open letter...
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Nestle India seeks permanent ban on workers freedom of assembly
March 17, 2009The management of Nestle India filed injunctions simultaneously in four courts in three states seeking a permanent ban on all union meetings, gatherings and rallies within 200 metres of its factories in Moga, Samalkha, Ponda Goa...
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A peoples victory in El Salvador
March 17, 2009The people of El Salvador made history March 15 by electing Mauricio Funes as the country’s next president. Funes’ election marks a seismic political shift in this war-torn and poverty-stricken nation. Funes, a candidate of the...
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World forests rapidly disappearing biofuels a major driver
March 17, 2009ROME — In a reaction to the alarming data released March 16 in the 2009 State of the World's Forests report by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Friends of the Earth International and the...
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