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French Caribbean colonies rise up against effects of global crisis
February 18, 2009Original source: Strikes that have nearly frozen everyday life on France's Caribbean islands burst into clashes on Monday as police laid into striking protesters angry at soaring prices and a wealthy white elite. In Martinique, about...
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Grand Rapids, Mich. eager for jobs, relief
February 18, 2009GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – When Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) voted twice against President Obama's economic stimulus package, he voted twice to kill approximately 7,500 jobs in his congressional district in and around Grand Rapids. The estimate...
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Venezuela rejects term limits
February 18, 2009With 94 percent of the votes counted, Venezuela’s National Election Council announced late Feb. 15 the results of the referendum on term limits. Some 6 million “yes” voters, 54.4 percent, approved the amendment to lift term...
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Confirm Hilda Solis now!
February 18, 2009Congresswoman Hilda Solis' confirmation to be our new Secretary of Labor is now scheduled for a 'test' vote on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in the Senate. This means that she must get 60 votes to stop a...
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Thousands of Gazans remain homeless
February 18, 2009Gaza City, 17 February 2009 (IRIN) - Thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain homeless after their houses were badly damaged or destroyed during Israel's recent military offensive there. The Israeli army began with aerial...
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