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Mexico faces foreign capital flight
February 13, 2009Mexico (Prensa Latina) A total of $50 billion of foreign capital invested in shares of Mexican companies and bonds of the federal government's internal debt, fled from the country in recent months, according to experts. According...
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AFL-CIO favors ‘mixed’ health care system, Sweeney says
February 13, 2009WASHINGTON (PAI) The AFL-CIO favors a mixed public-private universal health care system, with government, business and individuals all sharing in its costs and with strong cost controls, including a government-run insurance alternative to keep the private...
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Obama reaffirms support for Employee Free Choice Act
February 13, 2009Original source: In an Oval Office interview with major newspapers yesterday, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his strong support for the freedom to form unions and bargain.
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Neighbors to Port: Change the trucking system, cut pollution
February 13, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. — For over two years, Oakland’s port commissioners have been considering ways to drastically lower diesel pollution from the ships, trains and trucks moving goods in and out of the port, which ranks fourth...
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World Notes
February 13, 2009Italy: Protests continue vs. U.S. base Hundreds of protesters last week occupied a former airbase in Vicenza to block construction of a new U.S. base. They cut the surrounding fence and set up an encampment to...
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