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Reviving Latino workforce key to rebuilding America
June 21, 2009Original source: The recession has hurt all America’s workers, especially Latino workers. Despite their growing political power, Latinos are still at the bottom of the economic ladder. Until the nation enacts policies that help lift Latinos...
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South Africa: Serious shortage in antirevtroviral funding
June 21, 2009A one-billion rand (US$123 million) shortfall in South Africa's public sector antiretroviral (ARV) programme could jeopardise treatment programmes as soon as September, a health expert has warned.
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Climate change brings new diseases
June 21, 2009BERLIN, Jun 19 (IPS) - As its name suggests, the West Nile virus, a leading cause of a form of meningitis and a neuro-invasive disease, has until recently been reported mostly in tropical and sub-tropical African...
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LGBT civil rights groups score another victory
June 21, 2009A US Census Bureau spokesperson reportedly told reporters this past week that his organization intends to count officially the number of same-sex married couples for the 2010 census. Steve Jost of the Bureau told reporters Friday,...
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Albany coup dtat: Whos to blame?
June 20, 2009Last year, New Yorkers elected a Democratic-majority state Senate, the first time in more than 40 years, bringing an end to Republican-control of all three branches of state government. Hopes for reform were dashed — or...
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