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Alleged extortionist arrested after giving cops personal bank account number
June 30, 2009A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Chongqing municipality in China on Friday, two years after he tried to blackmail police by threatening to plant bombs in public areas. Surnamed Tan, the man...
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Labor big outs himself
June 29, 2009Original source:Stuart Appelbaum, president of the New York City-based Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), in an exclusive interview, told Gay City News that his decision in May to openly affirm his gay identity within...
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Union to picket petrol station over porn
June 29, 2009A branch of the Syndicalist trade union has threatened strike action at a petrol station in northern Sweden if managers refuses to remove pornographic material from the shelves. The union's Umeå branch plans to picket the...
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Turkey’s sex workers seek to establish a union
June 29, 2009Reposted from http://www.hurriyet.com.tr Turkey's sex workers seek to establish a union ISTANBUL – Activists and sex workers in Turkey are working on a project to establish Turkey’s first sex workers union. They are hopeful about finding...
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Health reform? Women say it’s about work, wages
June 29, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--As the battle to reform U.S. health care heats up, Cindy Pearson is staying focused. 'This push is our No. 1 priority now,' says Pearson, executive director of the Washington-based National Women's Health Network....
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