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  • WORLDNOTES

    WORLDNOTES

    April 21, 2006

    India: Union supports tea workers Two recently released studies documenting the plight of unemployed tea workers in India have backed up the campaign of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied...

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  • Italys reds post gains

    Italys reds post gains

    April 21, 2006

    Although Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s prime minister, again refused to concede defeat when he spoke to reporters April 18, official results continued to point to the almost certain victory of Romano Prodi, the candidate of the center-left...

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  • Belarus hits Western sanctions

    Belarus hits Western sanctions

    April 21, 2006

    After Western-funded candidates failed to unseat incumbent Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in the March 19 elections, the U.S. and the European Union have intensified a campaign to isolate the country’s government. On April 10, the European...

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  • Venezuela builds ties with Africa

    Venezuela builds ties with Africa

    April 21, 2006

    NEW YORK — Reinaldo Bolivar, Venezuela’s deputy prime minister of foreign affairs, told an audience here that the government of Hugo Chavez has made a historic turn toward Africa. Speaking at an April 5 forum at...

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  • 4 years after failed coup, Venezuela tallies gains

    4 years after failed coup, Venezuela tallies gains

    April 21, 2006

    The course of Venezuelan politics after the failed 2002 coup against Hugo Chavez contains elements of both change and continuity. Four years later, Chavez remains the target of U.S. media disinformation. For example, on the eve...

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