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Shanghai construction disaster leads to arrests
July 1, 2009Original source: Shanghai authorities have announced that they are holding nine people in an investigation into why a nearly completed block of flats collapsed, killing one worker. The incident on Saturday was an embarrassment for Shanghai's...
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ALBA countries condemn coup, refuse Honduran diplomats
June 30, 2009Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) issued the following statement by its Presidential Council. ALBA was formed as an alternative trade pact to the 'free trade' agreements like NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and FTAA...
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Honduran people resist military coup
June 30, 2009Armed troops broke into the home of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Sunday June 28th. They beat him and threatened his family, then put them onto an airplane bound for Costa Rica.
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Alleged extortionist arrested after giving cops personal bank account number
June 30, 2009A man was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Chongqing municipality in China on Friday, two years after he tried to blackmail police by threatening to plant bombs in public areas. Surnamed Tan, the man...
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Union to picket petrol station over porn
June 29, 2009A branch of the Syndicalist trade union has threatened strike action at a petrol station in northern Sweden if managers refuses to remove pornographic material from the shelves. The union's Umeå branch plans to picket the...
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