World
Make the rich carry the load
March 28, 2009Union leaders called on ministers to tax the super-rich and clamp down hard on tax dodgers on Thursday as thousands prepared to join Saturday's G20 march for jobs, justice and climate.
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Okinawa’s administrator of land for U.S. military use decides to refuse to renew lease agreement
March 28, 2009(Akahata is published by the Communist Party of Japan) The organization administering land for U.S. military use in the Igei District of Kin Town, Okinawa, on March 22 unanimously decided not to renew the land-lease agreement...
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Converting water into a commodity is the dominant trend
March 28, 2009(l'Humanite) Translated by Anatoli Ricardo Petrella, Secretary General of the International Committee for the Global Water Contract, condemns transnational business groups trying to grab the vital asset. Q: What do you think of the United Nations’...
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WORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba
March 27, 2009India: New left electoral coalition formed Before general elections starting April 16, nine left parties met March 15 to shape a coalition to oppose both the centrist alliance headed by the Congress Party, in power since...
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Northern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles
March 27, 2009BELFAST, N. Ireland — Several thousand Catholics and Protestants united in a silent protest here after last month’s killing of two soldiers and a policeman two days later. Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men...
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