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Guadeloupe strike ends, people remain mobilized
March 8, 2009BASSE-TERRE -- (Prensa Latina) An agreement March 5 over wages and prices between authorities and unions put an end to a six-week general strike in Guadeloupe, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean. The deal reached...
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Zimbabwean PM injured in car accident
March 8, 2009HARARE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was hurt in a car accident Friday, and the injuries are not life-threatening. Tsvangirai and his wife were involved in a head-on collision. His wife died...
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Citizen scientists get ready to track light pollution
March 7, 2009Here is an opportunity for students, youth, and families to take part in a 2 week world wide citizen science project to record night time light pollution across the world. One needs to merely go outside,...
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Acropolis closed due to strike
March 7, 2009The archaeological site of Acropolis, Greece's most attractive tourist site, was closed on Thursday due to a strike by Culture Ministry employees.
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WORLDNOTES
March 6, 2009Somalia: New president raises peace hopes War and crisis may be easing somewhat in Somalia. The U.S.-backed Ethiopian army withdrew recently. Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, called by Al Jazeera an impediment to peace, resigned as president. In...
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