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WORLD NOTES
February 9, 2007South Africa: Business practices vs. human rights Speakers at a mid-January conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, organized by the Foundation for Human Rights, examined effects of business practices on human rights. Yasmin Sooka, the foundation’s director,...
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Many political prisoners still held in Haitis jails
February 9, 2007One year after taking office, Haitian President Rene Preval is inching closer to releasing all political prisoners, but he is not moving nearly fast enough for Pierre Antoine Lovinsky. “Under the pretext of not wanting to...
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Japans Communists defend peace constitution
February 9, 2007The Japanese Communist Party will keep the defense of Japan’s “peace constitution” one of its central tasks as it gears up for April’s elections to the Diet, the nation’s parliament. Currently, the constitution states, in Article...
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Mexicos tortilla crisis: harvest of NAFTA
February 9, 2007NewsAnalysis More than 120,000 people protested in Mexico City, Jan. 31, against massive hikes in the price of white maize (called “corn” in the U.S.) and other basic foodstuffs — up nearly 100 percent since Christmas...
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Texas without Ivins
February 9, 2007Texas progressives mourned the death of columnist and author Molly Ivins, who succumbed to cancer Jan. 31. Even the people she antagonized most — corporate bigwigs and greedy politicians — made public lamentations about the loss...
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