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Ghana: Voters also go for change they can believe in
February 3, 2009On Jan. 7, John Evan Ata Mills was sworn in as the new President of Ghana, the third since the country became a multiparty democracy in 1992. Mills and his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC),...
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24,000 workers postpone strike for talks
February 3, 2009A STRIKE by 24,000 US oil refinery workers was averted on Sunday after both sides had agreed to extend negotiations. Workers at refineries near New Orleans, Houston and Billings, Montana, will turn up for their shifts...
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Afghans protest against US bombing raids
February 3, 2009HUNDREDS of Afghans demonstrated on Sunday against an overnight US military raid that had killed several civilians. The US military claimed that its forces had killed two guerillas.
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World Social Forum: presidents for feminist socialism
February 2, 2009BELÉM, Brazil, Jan 30 (IPS) - 'True socialism is feminist,' and is already being built, said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, standing next to three other South American presidents, all of them men, at a dialogue that...
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Washington cuts Blackwater links
February 2, 2009Washington, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The US Department of State notified the Blackwater company in writing it will not renew the contract with the firm to protect Iraq, the media reported.
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