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Political prisoner dies in Iran jail
June 17, 2011Another victim of the Iranian regime's brutal repression, hunger striking political prisoner Hoda Saber, has died in jail.
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In South Korea, strike leaders land in court
June 16, 2011180 Vietnamese migrant workers building a wharf in Inchon, South Korea, launched one brief strike in July, 2010, and another last January.
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Progressive Mexican presidential candidate visits Los Angeles
June 15, 2011Invoking Cesar Chavez, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said, "[F]or us, we should insist and assure that we are heard and that a new social order comes replacing the old."
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Kurds gain in Turkish elections
June 14, 2011Turkey's ruling party sought a third term in elections Sunday, aiming to build on economic and diplomatic advances in recent years as well as introduce a new constitution it says will make the country more democratic.
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Chile seeks truth about deaths of Allende and Neruda
June 14, 2011The body of former Chilean President Salvador Allende was exhumed in May in an attempt to determine whether the democratically elected socialist president was murdered.
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