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Financial speculators and the food crisis
February 10, 2009Original source: DUBAI, 8 February 2009 (IRIN) - A food security expert has said that the involvement of financial markets in basic food commodities was the biggest factor in the worldwide food price hikes over the...
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Trade unionists unite to debate crisis of capitalism
February 10, 2009Original source: TRADE unionists from across the country gathered at the Communist Party of Britain's headquarters in Croydon over the weekend to debate the impact of the current capitalist crisis.
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Gang Tries to Kill Mexican General
February 7, 2009Mexico, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) A high-ranking military officer was wounded in an attack by a gang, just 48 hours after another Mexican general was assassinated in Cancun, Quintana Roo state. The general killed two of...
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WORLDNOTES February 14, 2009
February 6, 2009France: Unions mount general strike Protesting failure by the government of conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy to protect jobs and support consumer buying power while bailing out banks, eight national unions in a rare manifestation of unity...
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Worker-farmer protests rock Mexico
February 6, 2009A 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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