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Markets rally with US banking audit
May 10, 2009Original source: World stock markets rose on Friday with the results of the US government's banking 'stress test.' US President Barack Obama ordered the audit of the degree of recapitalisation needed by the 19 biggest US...
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Netroots Nation Salon: The fight for Employee Free Choice, online and off
May 10, 2009Online organizers and progressive activists from inside and outside the union movement met today at the AFL-CIO for a frank conversation about the state of the Employee Free Choice Act and how online activism can help...
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Orlando march highlights immigration trends
May 10, 2009ORLANDO FL - Over 100 immigrants, workers, and students gathered on lake Eola in downtown Orlando recently to call for changes in United States immigration policy. The focus of the march was to call for an...
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Postcard from Havana on May 1
May 9, 2009HAVANA -- More then 500,000 gathered from all parts of this socialist island nation to celebrate the International Workers Day. Also being celebrated was the 70th anniversary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers (C.T.C.). Celebrations were...
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My day at a Havana hospital
May 9, 2009HAVANA -- After several visits to Cuba, that included a night at the Ballet, visits to primary schools, and to Havana University, I had not as yet visited a Hospital. That changed when I surrendered to...
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