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EC for tighter doping controls
May 16, 2009Athens, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The European Commission called for stepping up cooperation in doping controls at closing session of a European conference held in Athens conference under the auspices of the European Parliament. Participants noted...
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Workers in California block Wal-Mart warehouse
May 16, 2009Hundreds of warehouse workers organizing to form a union at warehouses operated by huge U.S. retailers east of Los Angeles rallied Thursday. They shut down a Wal-Mart warehouse with civil disobedience. During the action Daniel Medress...
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Unions mark International Day Against Homophobia
May 16, 2009The TUC is urging people to remember lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people who have been killed around the world on International Day Against Homophobia this Sunday (17 May). There are 77 countries in the...
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Salvador: Its the result of a whole peoples struggle
May 16, 2009Translated by Nikita Shah (l'Humanite) Nohemy Coto is member of Salvadorian parliament for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). Huma: What is the impact of the FMLN’s victory? Nohemy Coto: The triumph gained is the...
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French health workers hit the streets of Paris to protest against service cuts
May 16, 2009Original source: Thousands of doctors and other hospital workers marched through Paris on Thursday to protest against a proposed cost-cutting drive that unions warn will turn health-care facilities into 'business hospitals.' University students, who have blocked...
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