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Labor and business battle for soul of Southern Democrats
May 1, 2009Original source: There's significant money and vocal expectations on both sides of the Employee Free Choice Act, for which North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan could be a critical vote. Labor unions contributed heavily to Hagan's successful...
Read moreCongress passes Obamas transformational budget
May 1, 2009Original source: AFL-CIO Now Blog On the 100th day of the Obama administration, the U.S. House (233-193) and Senate (53-43) approved President Obama’s budget blueprint that rejects the failed economic policies of the Bush administration, makes...
Read moreNon-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...
Read moreAs 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....
Read morePolitics 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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