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April 13, 2007Uganda: High court upholds women’s rights Uganda’s Constitutional Court ruled April 4 that provisions of the Penal Code and Succession Acts affecting women are unconstitutional. The court’s decision was in response to petitions brought in 2005...
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Venezuelas Communists hold off on new party
April 13, 2007The special 13th Congress of the Venezuelan Communist Party (PCV) wound up its deliberations March 4 with a declaration of support for the policies of President Hugo Chavez. But for now, it will not dissolve itself...
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Reports: govt repression in Oaxaca continues
April 13, 2007MEXICO CITY — In the wake of a militant teachers’ strike for higher wages in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca that began in May 2006, and a subsequent mass movement to oust Oaxaca state’s repressive...
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Zimbabwe strife fueled by competing interests
April 13, 2007Less than a week after a summit of presidents from southern African states reportedly told Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe that his nation’s police had used excessive force in beating and otherwise repressing his opponents, state-sponsored violence...
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Senate ready to move on EFCA
April 13, 2007The landmark Employee Free Choice Act, which would level the playing field for workers up against powerful bosses, is now moving towards a vote in the U.S. Senate. Leading the fight for EFCA are countless workers...
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