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Alarcon: Cuba respects sexual diversity
May 19, 2009Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, said the essence of Socialism is the inclusion rather than exclusion of people for their sexual orientation or religion. Alarcon spoke...
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Cuba celebrates gay rights
May 19, 2009Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter led thousands of citizens in a street dance in central Havana on Saturday to promote gay rights. Cuban Sex Education Center director Mariela Castro kicked off a programme of events promoting...
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Congress wins big in India
May 18, 2009In what was called a spectacular win, the Indian National Congress and its allies stormed back to power in parliament May 16. Pundits had predicted a much closer election than actually emerged as the country’s voters...
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Harry Bridges sculpture unveiled
May 17, 2009US longshore workers, members of the ILWU, today pay tribute to the two union brothers, the ILWU's first martyrs, who were the first to give their lives in the Strike of 1934, with the unveiling of...
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Marching to defend jobs
May 17, 2009Original source: Workers from factories, car plants and steel mills threatened by the economic crisis are descending on Birmingham today for a mass demonstration to defend jobs. Unite's March for Jobs protest is part of a...
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