World
Economic downturn puts treatment of millions at risk
May 4, 2009JOHANNESBURG, 29 April 2009 (PlusNews) - After months of speculation about how the global economic downturn might affect HIV/AIDS programmes, a new World Bank report details the projected aftermath of the crisis and how it could...
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Cases of AH1N1 flu at 787 worldwide
May 4, 2009GENEVA (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned on Sunday that the number of AH1N1 flu virus cases is still growing with 787 cases confirmed in 17 nations. Mexico is still the most affected...
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Show your love for working mothers this Mothers Day
May 4, 2009Mother’s Day, May 10, is one of the biggest days in the year for flower sales. Yet thousands of women who pick most of the flowers, many of them mothers themselves, will be working in egregious...
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Stunning win for Visteon workers
May 4, 2009Original source: Visteon workers have won a resounding victory in their fight for justice after bosses backed down and offered huge redundancy payouts. The former Ford workers had resisted Visteon executives' attempts to make them pay...
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May Day in Baghdad
May 3, 2009Original source: Iraqi Communists, waving red banners, joined thousands of workers and trade unionists in celebrating International Workers' Day in central Baghdad on Friday, 1st May 2009. The marchers started off from under Nasb al-Hurriya (Freedom...
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