International
Free trade, jobs and democracy—a look at Singapore
February 18, 2009Given the evaporation of 533,000 American jobs last November, the largest downturn in thirty-four years and the prospects for even greater losses, it is vital that we have a public discourse on the cost of free...
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Worldwide unemployment to increase dramatically due to global economic crisis
February 18, 2009GENEVA (ILO News) – The global economic crisis is expected to lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people joining the ranks of the unemployed, working poor and those in vulnerable employment, the International...
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French Caribbean colonies rise up against effects of global crisis
February 18, 2009Original source: Strikes that have nearly frozen everyday life on France's Caribbean islands burst into clashes on Monday as police laid into striking protesters angry at soaring prices and a wealthy white elite. In Martinique, about...
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Venezuela rejects term limits
February 18, 2009With 94 percent of the votes counted, Venezuela’s National Election Council announced late Feb. 15 the results of the referendum on term limits. Some 6 million “yes” voters, 54.4 percent, approved the amendment to lift term...
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Thousands of Gazans remain homeless
February 18, 2009Gaza City, 17 February 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain homeless after their houses were badly damaged or destroyed during Israel's recent military offensive there. The Israeli army began with aerial...
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