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Poor countries ‘will be hurt hardest’
March 10, 2009Original source: The World Bank predicts that the global economy will shrink this year for the first time since World War II, intensifying poverty in 'vulnerable countries.' In a report published on Sunday, the Washington-based institution...
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Congo: Treating the sexually abused in South Kivu
March 10, 2009BUKAVU , 5 March 2009 (IRIN) - In Bukavu, the main town in South Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Panzi referral hospital receives six to eight women daily who have experienced...
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Fatah delegation in Cairo for unity talks
March 10, 2009CAIRO, March 9 (Xinhua) -- A delegation of the Palestinian Fatah movement arrived here Monday to attend the inter-Palestinian national unity talks resumed last month. The inter-Palestinian national dialogue, under the sponsorship of Egypt, is set...
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Women gain by joining unions
March 10, 2009Original source: Today is International Women’s Day and a new report points out that while all workers gain through union membership, women gain a lot more. A new report released by the International Trade Union Confederation...
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Obama needs to launch WPA 2.0
March 10, 2009Reposted from www.rifuture.org On the side walk outside of my house in the Saylesville section of Lincoln, RI, is a copper emblem sunk into the concrete dating back to 1939. As you can from the picture,...
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