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International Notes

May 7, 2003

France: General strike planned May 13 French trade unions, outraged over the Chirac government’s plans to reform the pension system, said last week that public and private sector workers will hold a one-day general strike May...

International notes

May 7, 2003

S. Africa: Farm workers fight back Some 2,400 tomato farm workers are fighting in the courts to win their jobs back. The workers, employed by ZZ2 – one of the world’s largest tomato producers – were...

Vietnam beats SARS, but Asia still at risk

May 7, 2003

NEW DELHI – Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a form of pneumonia, is spreading across Asia. Thousands are in hospitals and the death toll is several hundred. The most affected nations are China including Hong Kong,...

Iraqi Communist paper hits Baghdad streets

May 7, 2003

Reporters from the corporate media told the story from Baghdad. In a city craving information the man walking along Paradise Square was surrounded by people, as if he was giving out chunks of gold. But in...

Iraqis say No U.S. occupation

May 7, 2003 By Susan Webb

Shouts of “No to colonialism, no to occupation” resounded throughout Iraq this week.