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  • American Idol stars ordered to have swine flu checks in Manila

    American Idol stars ordered to have swine flu checks in Manila

    May 16, 2009 By Xinhua News Agency

    Alarmed over the rapid spread of Influenza A/H1N1, Philippine health officials on Thursday said they have demanded two arriving 'American Idol' stars to daily report their temperature readings before their Manila concert this weekend.

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  • EC for tighter doping controls

    EC for tighter doping controls

    May 16, 2009

    Athens, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The European Commission called for stepping up cooperation in doping controls at closing session of a European conference held in Athens conference under the auspices of the European Parliament. Participants noted...

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  • Workers in California block Wal-Mart warehouse

    Workers in California block Wal-Mart warehouse

    May 16, 2009

    Hundreds of warehouse workers organizing to form a union at warehouses operated by huge U.S. retailers east of Los Angeles rallied Thursday. They shut down a Wal-Mart warehouse with civil disobedience. During the action Daniel Medress...

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  • Unions mark International Day Against Homophobia

    Unions mark International Day Against Homophobia

    May 16, 2009

    The TUC is urging people to remember lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who have been killed around the world on International Day Against Homophobia this Sunday (17 May). There are 77 countries in the...

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  • Salvador: Its the result of a whole peoples struggle

    Salvador: Its the result of a whole peoples struggle

    May 16, 2009

    Translated by Nikita Shah (l'Humanite) Nohemy Coto is member of Salvadorian parliament for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Huma: What is the impact of the FMLN’s victory? Nohemy Coto: The triumph gained is the...

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