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Financial crisis unprecedented since 1930s
June 24, 2009Thalif Deen interviews SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, secretary-general, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, there have been more than 100 crises worldwide, says the secretary-general...
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Recession fuels dating violence, curbs prevention
June 24, 2009A survey released earlier this month finds that teen dating violence rates are higher than ever, with the economic crisis apparently worsening rates of abuse of between parents and among teens. Those June 10 results come...
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Chicago charter school teachers join union
June 24, 2009Original source: Teachers at three Chicago charter schools voted overwhelmingly last week to join the Chicago Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Chicago ACTS), an affiliate of the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and AFT. The...
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Chavez lambasts big pharmaceutical firms
June 24, 2009Venezuela plans to scrap some pharmaceutical patents and allow domestic manufacturers to produce generic drugs. Commerce Minister Eduardo Saman declared at the weekend that Venezuela's socialist government would annul patents on some medicines under a reform...
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US drone slaughters Pakistanis
June 24, 2009Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) A US unmanned Predator drone shot three missiles that hit a residence in Neej Narai mountains, in Ladha, South Waziristan, at the south Pakistani border with...
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