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World Notes: Chile, UK, Gilbraltar, UN, Afghanistan, Cuba

October 23, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr. And Marilyn Bechtel

Chile and indigenous rights; UK and privatization; United Nations and food aid; Gibraltar and worker rights; Afghanistan and stress; Cuba and children.

British unions debunk lies about National Health Service

October 11, 2009 By Lou Incognito

American and British trade unionists unite to debunk lies about the UK's National Health Service.

Jobs, justice and climate: what the G20 must do to ensure global economic recovery

March 14, 2009 By Trade Unions Congress

As G20 finance ministers gather in the UK today (Friday) to agree the world's response to the economic crisis, the Put People First platform has released a blueprint charting a path out of global recession that...

Kids’ cough medicines don’t work, warns drugs watchdog

March 2, 2009 By Morning Star

Parents have been warned that over-the-counter cough and cold medicines do not work on children under 12 and can even cause side effects such as hallucinations.

Computer crashed by earthworm

February 25, 2009

YEOVIL, England, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A British man said the worm that caused his computer to crash turned out not to be a form of computer virus but an actual 5-inch earthworm.