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Zimbabwe: Teachers dig their heels in over dollars
February 14, 2009BULAWAYO (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's striking teachers have rejected an appeal by new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai that they return to work, demanding negotiations on their salary scales in foreign currency as promised. 'Teachers want money in...
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Delahunt bill would end Cuba travel ban
February 14, 2009Just maybe, the new Congress will succeed in ending at least part of the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. Rep. William Delahunt (D-Mass.), joined by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and seven “original co-sponsors,” introduced HR. 874...
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In praise of people-to-people programs
February 14, 2009HAVANA (Prensa Latina) Programs designed to introduce individuals cross-culturally, particularly in cultures divided antipathetically by politics, have had enormous success in the world, not only for the families and individuals directly involved, but many times with...
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Mexico faces foreign capital flight
February 13, 2009Mexico (Prensa Latina) A total of $50 billion of foreign capital invested in shares of Mexican companies and bonds of the federal government's internal debt, fled from the country in recent months, according to experts. According...
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World Notes
February 13, 2009Italy: Protests continue vs. U.S. base Hundreds of protesters last week occupied a former airbase in Vicenza to block construction of a new U.S. base. They cut the surrounding fence and set up an encampment to...
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