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WORLD NOTES
May 11, 2007Peru: Mineworkers strike over job rules About 40,000 Peru mineworkers from 33 of 74 unions in the industry went out on strike April 30 to demand an end to the outsourcing of jobs to subcontractors, a...
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Sarkozy seeks a more business-friendly France
May 11, 2007French president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy plans to waste no time making France a friendlier place for business — and a less friendly place for unions and would-be immigrants — but first he must win control of parliament...
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Colombias forgotten humanitarian crisis
May 11, 2007Freddy Espitia was murdered in Monteria, Colombia, on Jan. 28. Yolanda Izquierdo was killed three days later. Both were internally displaced persons (IDPs) fighting for the rights of other displaced persons, particularly peasants. Paramilitaries from the...
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Police attack May Day marchers in Istanbul
May 11, 2007A vicious attack was launched against this year’s May Day demonstrators in Istanbul, Turkey, as they were gathering to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Taksim Square May Day massacre. Riot police arrested more than 1,000...
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Student mentor barred over metal detector
May 11, 2007NEW YORK — Mario Rodriguez received a call at work from his 17-year-old daughter who should have been in class at the Community School for Social Justice (CSSJ) in the Bronx. On March 21, New York...
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