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UK Unemployment statistics

ENGLAND | 18 – 07 – 2009 | UK unemployment is rising faster in this recession than at any time since the 1980s, according to official figures. The BBC News website is keeping track of jobs lost and created. This is not a comprehensive study but a snapshot from around the UK since 1 January. UK unemployment rose by a ...

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Against the G8 summit – Let’s rally in L’Aquila!

ITALY | 07 – 07 – 2009 | The state repression in Genoa, the July 2001 is still in our minds. Then the bourgeois democracy dropped its mask and showed its real fascist  and dictatorial essence. We do not forget the batons of the police and mass and beatings first  prepared by the centre-“left” government and then executed by the ...

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KSA needs immigrants’ fingerprints, photos

MANILA | 07 – 07 – 2009 | To thwart terrorism, identity theft, and perhaps even blacklisting runaway workers, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) will begin taking photographs and fingerprints of visa applicants to the oil-rich kingdom. Prince Khaled bin Saud, Saudi Foreign Undersecretary, said authorized biometrics would receive visa applications on behalf of Saudi embassies and missions.

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France, Britain clamp down on migrants

EVIAN-LES-BAINS | 07 – 07 – 2009 | British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joins French President Nicolas Sarkozy in this Alpine town Monday to prepare for the G8 and agree on new efforts to stem the flow of migrants. The 30th Franco-British summit in Evian-les-Bains follows up on Sarkozy’s high-profile state visit to London in March last year when Brown ...

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Time for immigration reform is now

USA | 07 – 07 – 2009 | The White House and members of Congress must move quickly on enacting a just and humane immigration reform  package that will reunite families, reinvigorate the economy, and remove the term “illegal or undocumented immigrants” from the dialogue in this country. Ethnic media, which reaches over 60 million adults in the United States, ...

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ON THE L’AQUILA G8 SUMMIT

İLPS | 07 – 07 – 2009 | Another catastrophe,  this time man-made,  descends  upon earthquake-devastated  L’Aquila this week as  the  leading imperialist heads of state convene  the 35th G-8 Summit from 8 to10 July in this central Italian city.

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Italy adopts tough law vs illegal immigration

ROME | 07 – 07 – 2009 | Italy adopted a tough law against illegal immigration on Thursday, including a measure allowing citizens to mount their own patrols, despite fierce criticism from rights groups and the Vatican. The European Commission announced it would examine the new measures to determine whether they comply with EU norms, warning that “automatic expulsion rules ...

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To The Progressive International Public

ATIK | 05 – 07 – 2009 | Comrade WILSON BALDONAZA, brave leader of the Filipino working class, militant activist, and most valued fighter for social change passed away on June 1st. He, has become an inspiration for millions with his examplory leadership, strong and tireless will and selfless drive for freedom in the social-class struggle.

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Alarming Appeal of the Callers of Justice for Children in Turkey

TURKEY | 05 – 07 – 2009 |The Callers of Justice for Children Call in Turkey have sent to all human rights organisations and activists the following appeal: Dear sir, Today in Turkey, because of the TMK (Terörle Mücadele Kanunu / Law to Fight Terror) of 1991, thousands of childeren are interrogated, judged, sentenced, and imprisoned as if they were ...

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Latest Report from Lalgarh – Amit Bhattacharyya

INDIA | 05 – 07 – 2009 | The Bengali daily Sanbad Pratidin of 27 June 2009 carried a front-page news item which clearly shows that US intelligence agencies and the Indian space research centre, the ISRO are very much involved in this war declared by the central and WB state government against the people of Lalgarh. The report is ...

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