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Mexican lawmakers OK privatization of nation’s oil industry
December 19, 2013The measure will allow foreign multinational corporations to explore, drill and sell Mexican oil and gas.
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Sewage overruns Gaza
December 19, 2013For over a month the streets of the largest Palestinian city, Gaza, have been overrun with sewage and now are being covered with icy flood waters.
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Tell Congress to extend unemployment benefits now!
December 19, 2013In addition to the 1.3 million who will be immediately cut off, an additional 3.6 million people will lose benefits in the coming year unless Congress acts.
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Unhappy International Migrants Day
December 19, 2013Migrants, who arrive by the thousands in Lampedusa fleeing war and insecurity in Africa/Syria, are shown being stripped naked and hosed down by authorities.
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Today in labor history: The human cost of mining
December 19, 2013On December 19, 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion. This same day in 1984, 27 workers at Wilberg Mine died in Orangeville, Utah.
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