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Global downturn threatens poverty goal
March 4, 2009MANILA, 2 March 2009 (IRIN) - Vangie Kelseat joined the unemployed when the global financial crisis began taking its toll. After working 12 years at a car-seat cover manufacturing company in Manila, Kelseat was laid off...
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Agnostic advertisements forbidden
March 4, 2009Transated by Kristina Wischenkamper (l'Humanite) Italy isn’t Great Britain ; nor is it Spain. And Genoa isn’t London, Barcelona, Valencia or Madrid. Consequently you won’t see “God doesn’t exist, make the most of life” on the...
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Vegetable-based drug could inhibit cancer
March 3, 2009Compounds extracted from green vegetables such as broccoli and cabbage could be a potent drug against melanoma, according to cancer researchers. Tests on mice suggest that these compounds, when combined with selenium, target tumors more safely...
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Gaza aid conference opens in Egypt
March 3, 2009Original source: The Egyptian president opened an international donors' conference on Monday that aims to raise $3 billion (£2.1bn) for the decimated Gaza Strip. Hosni Mubarak told the gathering, which included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Palestinian...
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Protest now! Iraqi government attacks teacher trade union
March 3, 2009(Reposted from strongerunions.org) I’m in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) for a TUC workshop for Iraqi and Kurdish trade unionists, and Iraqi Teachers’ Union President Jasim al-Lami has reported an astounding attack on his union’s leadership by the...
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