World
US reverses stance on mercury pollution
February 24, 2009JOHANNESBURG, (IRIN) - The new US administration this week reversed the country's position on the control of mercury by calling for a legally binding treaty to limit global mercury pollution. The US delegation announced that the...
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Nestl Hong Kong: Strike action wins dramatic step-down from management
February 23, 2009Hong Kong Nestlé workers took strike action at 6.30 am on Saturday morning to force the reinstatement of their suspended union president. Within five hours management had agreed to meet the union and, faced with strong...
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Irish protesters warn of another Iceland
February 23, 2009Original source: More than 120,000 workers surrounded the Dail, or Irish Parliament, to protest against bail-outs for wealthy bankers, soaring unemployment and the Fianna Fail government's attempts to force public-sector workers to take a pay cut....
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74 die in Chinese mining accident
February 23, 2009A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 74 miners and trapping dozens in the still-burning shaft.
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Bomb hits Shi’ite leader’s funeral procession
February 22, 2009Original source: A bomb tore through a funeral procession for a murdered Shi'ite Muslim leader in Pakistan's Punjab province on Friday, killing at least 30 people and wounding scores more. Rising sectarian attacks threaten to further...
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