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  • UK honors Claudia Jones with stamp

    UK honors Claudia Jones with stamp

    March 6, 2009

    Britain’s Royal Mail issued a stamp last October honoring six “Women of Distinction” in the UK, among them Claudia Jones, a leader of the Communist Party USA who was deported from the United States in 1955,...

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  • Iraq car explosion leaves at least 12 dead

    Iraq car explosion leaves at least 12 dead

    March 6, 2009

    Original source: A car bomb exploded in a crowded cattle market in the Iraqi town of al-Medhatiaya on Thursday, killing at least 12 civilians and injuring 56 others. The blast was the worst single attack in...

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  • 100 Hours of Astronomy project kicks off!

    100 Hours of Astronomy project kicks off!

    March 6, 2009 By International Year of Astronomy 2009

    PARIS — The International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009) is about to reach new heights as the Global Cornerstone Project, 100 Hours of Astronomy, scheduled to take place from 2–5 April 2009, ramps up.

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  • COMMENTARY: International rules needed for money markets

    COMMENTARY: International rules needed for money markets

    March 6, 2009

    Akahata is the newspaper of the Communist Party of Japan With the 2nd G20 summit set for early April in London to deal with the financial turmoil, work on international rules has begun with a view...

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  • Trickle down misery

    Trickle down misery

    March 6, 2009

    WASHINGTON, Mar 4 (IPS) - The world's poorest people had nothing to do with the financial gimmickry that has brought the global economy to its knees but they are paying a heavy price for it and...

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