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  • Story of a massacre

    Story of a massacre

    March 15, 2008

    Colombian troops attacked inside Ecuador on March 1, destroying a camp occupied by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Ecuadorian soldiers later found 23 bodies, including those of five Mexican young people visiting the site....

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  • McCain flip flops on Social Security

    McCain flip flops on Social Security

    March 15, 2008

    Vows to revive privatizationAngry retirees descended on Social Security Administration offices in downtown Phoenix Mar. 7 holding placards that read, “Tell McCain ‘hands off Social Security.’” They were protesting Republican Sen. John McCain’s recent statements that...

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  • Workers drown in pink slip flood

    Workers drown in pink slip flood

    March 15, 2008

    Only a week after releasing the most dismal consumer spending figures in eight years, the government said, March 7, that 63,000 workers lost their jobs in February — another sure sign that the economy is in...

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  • Worldnotes – March 15, 2008

    Worldnotes – March 15, 2008

    March 15, 2008

    Russia: Billionaires multiply In one year Russia moved from 53 billionaires to 87, four of them among the world’s wealthiest 20 individuals. A Forbes editor enthused that “the new No. 2 country behind the U.S,” (which...

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  • Union Condemns Latest Killing of Journalist in Baghdad

    Union Condemns Latest Killing of Journalist in Baghdad

    March 14, 2008

    The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the killing of Iraqi media executive, Qassem Abdul Hussein al-Eqabi, who was shot in Baghdad earlier today, and called on the government to improve the safety of media...

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