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Western public calls for troops to get out
July 26, 2009Original source: Majorities in the US, Britain, Germany and Canada want their governments to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, according to polls. As US President Barack Obama sends 9,000 more troops into the country to join...
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General strike in Honduras targets coup government
July 25, 2009GRANMA INTERNATIONAL Havana. July 24, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA (PL).—The three principal labor unions in Honduras are maintaining a general strike in the state sector for the second day this Friday, supported by road blocks put in place...
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15 major trends for social networking sites
July 25, 2009According to foreign media reports, none of the Internet marketing firms or traditional media are as popular as Social Networking Sites (SNS). It is predicted that the market scale of corporate SNS product will reach $2...
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Workers strike to support occupation
July 25, 2009Original source: South Korean trade unions have kicked off a general strike in support of striking workers who have occupied a Pyeongtaek car factory for over two months. The 700,000-strong Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reported...
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Big turnout expected in hotly contested Iraqi Kurdistan vote
July 24, 2009Special elections that began Thursday morning in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are considered the hottest since the first Kurdish parliamentary elections in 1992.
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