International
Gaza aid conference opens in Egypt
March 3, 2009Original source: The Egyptian president opened an international donors' conference on Monday that aims to raise $3 billion (£2.1bn) for the decimated Gaza Strip. Hosni Mubarak told the gathering, which included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Palestinian...
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Protest now! Iraqi government attacks teacher trade union
March 3, 2009(Reposted from strongerunions.org) I’m in Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan) for a TUC workshop for Iraqi and Kurdish trade unionists, and Iraqi Teachers’ Union President Jasim al-Lami has reported an astounding attack on his union’s leadership by the...
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Authorities arrest the leader of agricultural workers union
March 3, 2009(reposted from US Labor Against the War) This disturbing news (see below) arrived today from the Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq (FWCUI). Please contact the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, DC, and copy Hillary...
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Scientists use ‘piggyback’ technique for stem cells
March 3, 2009Pioneering work by Japanese stem-cell researchers two years ago has taken a major step forward, helping the quest for versatile, grow-in-a-dish transplant tissue, according to papers published yesterday.
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Scientists modifies smallpox vaccine to fight bird flu
March 3, 2009A team of scientists from the University of Hong Kong and the United States on Sunday said they have developed a new vaccine strategy against the H5N1 bird flu virus by genetically modifying a smallpox vaccine.
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