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The Ukrainian 'genocide by starvation'
" Grigori Garaschenko remembers seeing his classmates starve slowly to death in a famine that killed millions of people in Ukraine. A neighbour driven mad by hunger killed her six-year-old daughter and began to...GM will build hybrids at Oshawa plant, CAW says
Certainly good nes to the 2,000 laid off workers recently, put out of work due to gas prices and gas driven SUV's.One can only hope the wait will not be too long and the existing plant can be retrofitted in time...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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380 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
He's black, and he's back! Private enterprise saves southern Africa's rhino f...
Great news for the Black Rhino. Sometimes private enterprise can work hand in hand with conservation as this scheme shows."A pioneering scheme which allows private landlords to own and breed wild rhinoceroses has...
created by Paul Conneally | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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410 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
EU Lifts Cuba Sanctions
EU members have voted to remove sanctions imposed against Cuba in 2003. Although the sanctions were suspended in 2005, today's vote confirms that they will be fully and officially abolished, in order "to encourage more reforms by President Raul Castro"."The European Union...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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222 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Chavez warns he will cut off oil to Europe over new migrant law
UPDATE: 6:40PM ESTPresident Hugo Chavez has now threatened to stop selling oil to the EU if the controversial new migrant law is passed."Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Thursday to stop selling oil... Today is Juneteenth - Marks End of US Slavery
Today is Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the US. On June 19th, 1865 Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, TX with news the war had ended and all slaves would now be free. Today is also... Human rights groups condemn new E.U. migrant laws
New migrant laws passed Wednesday by the European Union have received strong criticism from human rights groups. "European Union lawmakers voted Wednesday to allow undocumented migrants to be held in detention...UK fuel drivers offered 14% pay rise
UK fuel tanker drivers have been offered a 14% pay increase by Shell to be given over two years. This comes after their four-day strike has affected the UK fuel supplies.A second round of strikes was expected to...Talks restart as UK fuel strike ends
The fuel strike in the UK has ended for now, but another is planned for later this week if the talks that are scheduled fail to settle the dispute over pay.NowPublic coverage on the previous fuel strikes can be...EU cell phone consumers to pay for calls - incoming and outgoing
" The European Union will not oppose plans by telecommunications companies to have mobile phone users begin paying for calls they receive. But politicians warned that consumers could oppose the move. Some European telecommunications companies would like to begin charging...Talks to resume in Shell drivers' strike
Talks resume tomorrow between striking truck drivers and their employers."Fresh talks in the pay dispute between haulage firms contracted to Shell and their striking tanker drivers will take place on Monday, the Unite union says. It comes as more petrol stations in Britain...UN hands over to Kosovo Albanians
The United Nations has offically handed over power of Kosovo to the majority ethnic Albanian authorities.A simple and low-key ceremony will take place tomorrow." Majority ethnic Albanian authorities will now run...NY Times: Ireland Derails a Bid to Recast Europe’s Rules
EXCERPT: “People in Ireland have sent the clearest possible message that they do not want this treaty, they do not want this constitution, and by all rights now it should be declared dead,” said David Cameron, the (UK) Conservative leader. “I think the elites in...
created by Maireid Sullivan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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183 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
According the the Sunday Times - No 10 admits EU treaty is finished
I buy the Sunday Times every Sunday although I feel that it has a "slightly anti-Irish" view. While my belief that it is slightly anti-Irish may be due to my over avtive imagination there is no doubting the fact...
created by infomatique | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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355 views | 27 recommendations | 4 comments
Strike over fuel
" In South Korea, truckers and other cargo transport workers have gone on strike, demanding lower fuel prices and higher rates for hauling freight.The Korea Cargo Transport Workers' Union began an indefinite...
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