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BBC World Service journalists walk out over outsourcing
February 25, 2009Original source: Furious BBC World Service workers will strike for 24 hours on Thursday over the outsourcing of production. Staff working for the south Asia section are to take part in the strike after the breakdown...
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February 25, 2009Guadeloupe: Strike forces French concessions After a month-long general strike against high prices, low wages and 20 percent unemployment shut down public services, shops, fisheries and businesses in the French colony of Guadeloupe, French President Nicolas...
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UN: Economic crisis will fuel xenophobia
February 25, 2009Original source: The UN refugee chief warned on Monday that the global economic crisis will generate more refugees and fuel xenophobia. UN high commissioner for refugees Antonio Guterres said that refugees and migrants can expect to...
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Tel Aviv told not to abandon two-state solution as coalition talks continue
February 24, 2009Original source: European Union diplomats warned Israel's next government on Monday not to abandon the two-state solution as right-wingers continued coalition talks in Tel Aviv. Israeli President Shimon Peres asked hardline Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu...
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So Long, Salamanders
February 24, 2009SAN DIEGO, (Tierramérica) - Mesoamerica's salamanders appear to be joining the global decline in amphibian species, like frogs, adding to the evidence of ecological change around the planet.
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