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Financial crisis unprecedented since 1930s
June 24, 2009Thalif Deen interviews SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI, secretary-general, U.N. Conference on Trade and Development UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, there have been more than 100 crises worldwide, says the secretary-general...
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US drone slaughters Pakistanis
June 24, 2009Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) Islamabad, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) A US unmanned Predator drone shot three missiles that hit a residence in Neej Narai mountains, in Ladha, South Waziristan, at the south Pakistani border with...
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Somalia declares emergency
June 23, 2009Mogadishu, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Somalia President Sharif Sheik Ahmed declared a state of emergency and seeks support from neighboring countries amid flaring violence and advance by opposition troops in an offensive started May 7. A...
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WORLDNOTES – Italy, Philippines, Global, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Cuba
June 19, 2009Italy: Gaddafi visit, a first During his first visit to Italy, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi lauded Italy’s acknowledgment of crimes during colonial times. Italy occupied Libya from 1911 until World War II. Last year Italy, which...
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Letters
June 12, 2009USW knows Koch Re: “Anti-union, anti-gov’t group takes aim at public health plan,” www.pww.org/article/articleview/15783/: The Koch family is well known to the USW (United Steelworkers). A few years back they bought Georgia Pacific, a company with...
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