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The battle continues over unemployment funds
May 8, 2009Original source: Facing South has been covering the ongoing saga of Southern Republican governors vs. the federal stimulus. A handful of GOP rising star governors - including those in Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina and Alabama -...
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Walmarts optimization plan highlights dirty tricks used by companies to lay-off employees
May 8, 2009Walmart’s plan to cull an entire layer of management from about 150 stores nationwide may have stalled temporarily but many employees fear the company will simply find another way of removing unwanted staff. In media interviews...
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World’s mayors gather at U.N. to lobby against nukes
May 8, 2009UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (IPS) - The issue of nuclear disarmament being discussed with new vigour in the halls of the U.N. as the third and final preparatory committee leading up to the 2010 review conference...
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Israel bombs Gaza, denies UN report
May 8, 2009Tel Aviv, May 6 (Prensa Latina) Israeli planes bombed underground tunnels on the southern Gaza border with Egypt, with Tel Aviv describing a UN report as biased which denounces Israeli aggressions against UN offices in the...
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Veterans, small business owners step up fight for employee free choice
May 8, 2009Military veterans in Maine, Arkansas and around the country are calling for quick passage of the Employee Free Choice Act this week. In cooperation with national veterans groups, these veterans are holding meetings, writing letters and...
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