International
Man ‘eats finger in wages protest’
April 30, 2009(Reposted from www.digitalspy.com) A union official in Serbia has cut off his own finger and eaten it as part of an ongoing protest against unpaid wages. Zoran Bulatovic, who leads the union at the Raska Holding...
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Workers and immigrants will march on May Day
April 29, 2009Yes, workers and immigrants will march again throughout the United States on May Day, May 1st. This is known as the International Workers' Day, but little celebrated in the U.S., at least until the great diversity...
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OPINION: Cuba and Venezuela are not enemies
April 29, 2009The Obama administration did the right thing when they ordered the closing of the Guantanemo torture prison, and restored the right of US Cubans to travel and send remittances to their relatives on the island nation.
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Swine flus ground zero may be down wind from hog farm
April 29, 2009LA GLORIA, Mexico — Residents in this community of 3,000 believe their town is ground zero for the swine flu epidemic, even if health officials aren't saying so. More than 450 residents say they're suffering from...
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China’s earliest carving discovered in Henan
April 29, 2009Reporters learned from Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology that a miniature bird carving that had been carved from a deer antler about 12,000 to 15,000 years ago. Other carvings and semi-finished artworks were...
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