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  • Bhopal women win green award

    Bhopal women win green award

    April 23, 2004

    Two Indian women have won a prestigious environmental prize for their battle on behalf of the survivors of the “world’s worst industrial disaster” – the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla won...

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  • Cuba guarantees paid leave for parents

    Cuba guarantees paid leave for parents

    April 23, 2004

    HAVANA – Cuban law now protects mothers and fathers who want to share child-rearing after the breast-feeding period, without having to worry about irate bosses. Experience shows it is preferable that babies be cared for at...

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  • S. Korean voters deal rebuff to rightists

    S. Korean voters deal rebuff to rightists

    April 23, 2004

    In what many consider to be a backlash against the recent “coup d’etat” sponsored by the far-right-wing Grand National Party, in which President Roh Moo Hyun was impeached for minor electioneering violations, South Korean voters handed...

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  • New York farmworkers seek protections

    New York farmworkers seek protections

    April 23, 2004

    BUFFALO – Estimates put the number of migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States at approximately 3 million. Hand harvesting about 85 percent of fruits and vegetables, migrant farm laborers put food on the table...

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  • N.Y.C. Students defend open admissions

    N.Y.C. Students defend open admissions

    April 23, 2004

    NEW YORK – The City College of New York (CCNY) celebrated the 35th anniversary of the open admissions policy in the City University of New York (CUNY) here April 22. CCNY is part of the CUNY...

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