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World crisis slams Mexico
March 18, 2009Like every other country on the planet, Mexico is being hit hard by the world financial and economic crisis. As in other relatively poor countries, the impact is shaping up to be especially hard on those...
Read moreComing together to stop racial profiling in East Haven
March 18, 2009EAST HAVEN, Conn. -- Community meetings and solidarity actions are being organized in support of Latino residents and immigrant owned businesses in East Haven who have become the victim of racial profiling by police and targets...
Read moreNicaragua: Cleaning up the worlds biggest toilet
March 18, 2009MANAGUA, (IPS) - After dumping its untreated wastewater into lake Managua for more than 80 years, the capital of Nicaragua has started to clean up the huge source of water in this country, where 80 percent...
Read moreBrazils president, Sweeney discuss global economy
March 17, 2009Original source: AFL-CIO President John Sweeney met with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this past weekend, prior to Lula’s White House meeting with President Obama. Lula, a metalworker and internationally recognized trade union leader...
Read moreGaza probe demand
March 17, 2009Original source: Sixteen prominent jurists have called on the United Nations to launch an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israeli troops and Palestinian guerillas during Tel Aviv's recent Gaza onslaught. In an open letter...
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