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Pakistan extends Swat Valley truce
February 25, 2009Original source: Islamist guerillas indefinitely extended a ceasefire in Pakistan's Swat Valley on Tuesday after the army suspended operations in the region. Islamabad and pro-Taliban fighters have observed a truce in the district of North-West Frontier...
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Guadeloupe workers sustain wage protest
February 25, 2009Original source: Workers in Guadeloupe rebuilt roadblocks on Monday and vowed to maintain their 35-day-old general strike after Paris went back on a pledge to boost the lowest-paid wages. Representatives of the French government left the...
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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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WORLD NOTES
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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