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U.S., Canada and UK unions begin talks
April 13, 2007Merger talks between the United Steelworkers union (USW), based in the U.S. and Canada, and Amicus, the 1-million-member-strong and largest union in the UK, will open at the end April. The possible merger would unite workers...
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Scientists: global warming means dark future
April 13, 2007The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change last week released a 1,572-page report outlining global warming’s dramatic consequences for human life, ecosystems and world geography. The IPCC study, released in Brussels April 6, says that at least...
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A brutal reply
April 12, 2007George W. Bush is undoubtedly the most genuine representative of a system of terror forced on the world by the technological, economic and political superiority of the most powerful country known to this planet. For this...
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Bolivias president faces rocky road on nationalization
April 11, 2007Bolivian President Evo Morales based his 2005 presidential candidacy on two promises: first, his government would nationalize natural resources, crucially natural gas and oil, and second, he would return the government to the country’s indigenous majority...
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Millions face early death from hunger, thirst
April 6, 2007More than 3 million people in the world are condemned to premature death from hunger and thirst. That is not an exaggerated figure, but rather a cautious one. I have meditated a lot on that in...
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