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Charter of rights of working women
March 7, 2009Women work every day. No matter where they live, their economic activity is vital to the economy and society at large, their communities, their families and their personal autonomy and growth as human beings.
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WORLDNOTES
March 6, 2009Somalia: New president raises peace hopes War and crisis may be easing somewhat in Somalia. The U.S.-backed Ethiopian army withdrew recently. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, called by Al Jazeera an impediment to peace, resigned as president. In...
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UK honors Claudia Jones with stamp
March 6, 2009Britain’s Royal Mail issued a stamp last October honoring six “Women of Distinction” in the UK, among them Claudia Jones, a leader of the Communist Party USA who was deported from the United States in 1955,...
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White House health summit addresses basic reform issues
March 6, 2009The general issues of health care reform – reducing costs, expanding access and improving the quality of health care – served as the main topic of the break-out sessions of the White House health care reform...
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Biden tells labor leaders Employee Free Choice Act is a must
March 6, 2009MIAMI — Vice President Biden told the nation’s labor leaders here that passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is “the only way to restore what was the basic bargain in this country – in exchange...
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