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Netanyahu out of step with Obama
May 19, 2009JERUSALEM, (IPS) - A day before he enters what some Middle East analysts are calling not the Oval office but the lion's den, Benjamin Netanyahu, re-incarnated as Israel's leader, is determined not to be easy meat...
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New coalition urges Congress to improve conditions for low-income workers
May 19, 2009Original source: Organizations that advocate for working-class Americans, such as the Institute for Policy Studies and Jobs with Justice, recently formed a coalition called the Inter-Alliance Dialogue to address the needs of low-income workers, minorities, domestic...
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UAW workers in Wisconsin protest shipping U.S. auto jobs to Mexico
May 19, 2009Reposted from http://www.laborradio.org UAW workers and their supporters are hitting the picket lines at the Chrysler engine plant in Kenosha Wisconsin today to protest the use of U.S. tax dollars to close the plant and ship...
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Tamil Tigers surrender
May 19, 2009Colombo, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka''s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Sunday have admitted their defeat after almost three decades of long and bloody conflict that killed almost 80,000 people. In a statement...
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Alarcon: Cuba respects sexual diversity
May 19, 2009Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, said the essence of Socialism is the inclusion rather than exclusion of people for their sexual orientation or religion. Alarcon spoke...
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