International
Rape crisis in east Congo tied to mining activity
June 2, 2009Original source: WASHINGTON, D.C. (WOMENSENEWS)--Activists concerned by this year's escalation of sexual violence in eastern Congo are trying to turn up the heat on those benefitting--directly or indirectly--from illicit mineral extractions. 'Conflict minerals power our entire...
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JCP Chair Shii protests North Korea’s nuclear test
June 2, 2009North Korea conducted a nuclear test on May 25 in disregard of world opinion. It is a flagrant violation of both United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 of October 14, 2006, demanding that 'the DPRK not...
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WORLD NOTES Argentina, Egypt, China, Georgia, Afghanistan, Cuba
June 2, 2009Argentina: Worker-run plants continue As the country slipped into financial crisis in 2001, owners of the Zanon Ceramics factory in Neuquén Province fired all employees, holding back on pay and pensions. Workers there and in 200...
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Cuban Adjustment Act remains off the table
June 2, 2009The Obama administration recently proposed resuming semi-annual talks on Cuban migration to the United States. The State Department referred to “commitment to safe, legal and orderly migration” and to President Obama’s desire “to support the Cuban...
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Steelworkers walk out in France
May 30, 2009Steelworkers from the Fos-sur-Mer Arcelor Mittal plant demonstrate in Marseille, southern France, May 26. This was the fourth strike in recent months by French workers angry with the Sarkozy government’s handling of the economic crisis and...
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