World
The Pope is wrong on condoms
March 18, 2009Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued a response to Pope Benedict's statement on condom use. 'As the pope traveled to Africa, he chose this moment to make what appears to be his first unequivocal...
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US: We shot down Iranian unmanned aircraft in Iraq
March 18, 2009THE Pentagon has claimed that US jets shot down an Iranian unmanned surveillance aircraft last month over Iraqi territory. A US statement released on Monday said that the Ababil 3 surveillance and intelligence-gathering drone had been...
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Transport-Cuba: Nearly there
March 18, 2009HAVANA, Mar 17 (IPS) - Cuba's transport crisis finally appears to be coming to an end, after three years of substantial investments and reforms, although future economic growth could pose new challenges. 'A few months ago,...
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Iraqi unions announce new confederation
March 18, 2009At the first International Labor Conference ever held in Iraq, three of the country’s major labor organizations announced the formation of a new labor confederation. At the close of the two day meeting of Iraqi unions...
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Sierra Leone: Diamond miners choose cassava over carats
March 18, 2009KOIDU, 16 March 2009 (IRIN) - In Sierra Leone plummeting diamond prices, dwindling reserves, consistently poor working conditions and a lack of regulation are driving diamond workers to start farming, youths told IRIN. “The future of...
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