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Migrant workers’ cooperatives as a crisis response
July 4, 2009Original source: This year the theme of the International Day of Cooperatives focuses on the opportunities for co-operatives to effectively contribute to global economic recovery in times of crisis. In Indonesia, thousands of migrant workers, victims...
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Cuba-US: Frosty relations no bar to communication
July 4, 2009HAVANA, Jul 3 (IPS) - Cuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain 'a formidable obstacle' to normalising...
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Fight to save Troy Davis grows
July 4, 2009The NAACP has initiated an “I am Troy Campaign” as part of worldwide effort to prevent the execution of Troy Davis, a 40-year-old man on death row in Georgia. Davis, who is African American, was convicted...
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In political sex scandals, guys still rule
July 4, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--Has anybody else noticed that most news stories about politicians' affairs aren't really about women? There are women in them, of course. There's the Wronged Wife, who is often portrayed as a victim in...
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Biden in Iraq to press ‘work needed to get our troops back
July 4, 2009Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq yesterday for meetings with Iraqi leaders and U.S. commanders. His visit comes just after most U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq’s cities and towns June 30, step one in a...
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