World
Start at home: promoting local economic development to stem the global economic crisis
May 1, 2009From ILO Online Much policy advice has been given to facilitate global finance, trade and investments to connect with the global economy. But much less to reinforce local communities and local markets where people live and...
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Non-Aligned Movement meeting ends in Cuba
May 1, 2009Havana, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordination Bureau is to conclude Thursday in this capital with the approval of a Final Declaration. Speeches by more than 60 foreign ministers...
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As swine flu hits Europe, officials set to ‘halt spread’
May 1, 2009Original source: European Union officials say that a Europe-wide travel advisory for Mexico and unified prevention and treatment measures for swine flu will top the agenda at an emergency meeting of EU health ministers on Thursday....
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Politics of pandemic: Budget cuts and hog farms linked to swine flu outbreak
May 1, 2009WASHINGTON—As President Barack Obama received praise here for his quick response in declaring an “emergency” in the deadly swine flu outbreak, the politics of the pandemic began to emerge. At the insistence of Republican senators, $870...
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Man ‘eats finger in wages protest’
April 30, 2009(Reposted from www.digitalspy.com) A union official in Serbia has cut off his own finger and eaten it as part of an ongoing protest against unpaid wages. Zoran Bulatovic, who leads the union at the Raska Holding...
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