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  • Worker-farmer protests rock Mexico

    Worker-farmer protests rock Mexico

    February 6, 2009

    A major event took place just across our border, but few U.S. media took note of it: Hundreds of thousands of workers and farmers marched through the streets of Mexico City and other Mexican cities and...

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  • GOP diehards try to block stimulus plan

    GOP diehards try to block stimulus plan

    February 6, 2009

    Despite the spreading job and foreclosure crises, with growing reports of people sleeping in alleys and tunnels, under bridges and highways, and in cars and tents, right-wing Republicans are trying to block President Obama’s National Recovery...

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  • Sudan: Conditions getting worse for Darfur civilians

    Sudan: Conditions getting worse for Darfur civilians

    February 6, 2009 By IRIN

    NAIROBI, 4 February 2009 (IRIN) - Conditions for civilians caught up in fighting between the Sudanese government and rebels in the South Darfur town of Muhajiriya are getting worse, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights...

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  • Crunch hits Germany

    Crunch hits Germany

    February 6, 2009 By Mirko Knoche

    Reposted from Morning Star GERMANY is facing a dire economic crisis. Following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in the United States last September, it became apparent that German banks also had large amounts of toxic real...

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  • Worldwide economic recession could cut jobs by 50 million

    Worldwide economic recession could cut jobs by 50 million

    February 5, 2009 By International Transport Workers Federation

    Reposted from the International Transport Workers Federation The global economic crisis could see more than 50 million jobs lost around the world, according to the International Labour Organization's (ILO) latest report on employment.

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