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Communists march in Baghdad to mark 1958 revolution
July 15, 2009Iraq’s Communist Party led a mass march through the center of Baghdad today, commemorating the July 14, 1958, national democratic revolution that ousted the British-installed monarchy. Streaming through the streets, marchers carried red banners, flags and...
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Hondurans fighting coup
July 15, 2009TEGUCIGALPA (Prensa Latina) Honduran peoples organizations began Tuesday with a new day of peaceful resistance after 17 days of rallies and other demonstrations against the June 28 military coup. Social forces from the National Front against...
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US to unearth Afghan war skeletons
July 15, 2009Original source: US President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into reports that warlords allied to the US slaughtered up to 2,000 Afghan prisoners of war in 2001. In a televised interview aired on Sunday, Mr...
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G-8 didnt do enough to address economic crises
July 15, 2009Original source: The leaders of the world’s top economies failed to adequately address the three major economic crises facing the world—unemployment, climate change and development, according to leaders of unions around the globe who had called...
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US mining-giant employees ambushed in Indonesia
July 14, 2009Original source: Gunmen have ambushed employees of US mining giant Freeport in the Indonesian province of Papua, killing a security guard and wounding five others. The attack was mounted near the spot where police units were...
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