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  • World Social Forum: presidents for feminist socialism

    World Social Forum: presidents for feminist socialism

    February 2, 2009 By Mario Osava

    BELÉM, 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

    Washington cuts Blackwater links

    February 2, 2009

    Washington, 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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  • George Mitchell and the Middle East

    George Mitchell and the Middle East

    February 2, 2009 By Gerry Adams

    The senator will need all the skill and patience he brought to the Northern Irish peace process. But Hamas must be at the table.

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  • $3 Million for Super Bowl Ad $3 for workers who paid for it

    $3 Million for Super Bowl Ad $3 for workers who paid for it

    February 2, 2009

    Original source: Nearly 100 million football fans across the country will be tuning in to watch Bruce Springsteen belt out his trademark songs celebrating America’s workers during halftime at the Super Bowl this evening. They also...

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  • Iraqs Communists run lively campaign

    Iraqs Communists run lively campaign

    February 1, 2009

    On the final day of campaigning for Iraq’s provincial elections, a Communist Party motorcade waving banners and with loudspeakers blaring drove through Baghdad’s impoverished Sadr City district, known to many Iraqis as Thawra (revolution) City, Jan...

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