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		<title>Glasgow chef claims chicken tikka masala originated in Scotland</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GLASGOW - A Glasgow chef has claimed that Britain&#8217;s popular chicken tikka massala did not originate in the UK, but in Scotland.

Sixty-four-year-old Ahmed Aslam Ali, the founder of Shish Mahal, is claiming that he invented the dish, and is now calling on the European Union to give it &#8220;Protected Designation of Origin&#8221; status, alongside the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/glasgow-chef-claims-chicken-tikka-masala-originated-in-scotland-128903/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Glasgow chef claims chicken tikka masala originated in Scotland</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>House boosts health and education spending; permits needle exchange programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House voted Friday to lift a ban on using taxpayer dollars for needle exchange programs for intravenous drug users intended to prevent the spread of HIV and other diseases.

The vote to lift a longstanding ban on federal aid for such programs — in place since 1988 — came after a brief but .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-boosts-health-and-education-spending-permits-needle-exchange-programs-119955/">Source article &nbsp;: House boosts health and education spending; permits needle exchange programs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US stock futures point to higher open ahead of data on labor, housing markets, more earnings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stock-futures-point-to-higher-open-ahead-of-data-on-labor-housing-markets-more-earnings-118323/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures are pushing higher ahead of data on the labor and housing markets, as well as more earnings reports.

The slight pop in futures Thursday comes after gains in Asia and amid relatively flat markets in Europe.
Investors will be looking to the Labor Department&#8217;s weekly report on jobless claims for more .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-stock-futures-point-to-higher-open-ahead-of-data-on-labor-housing-markets-more-earnings-118323/">US stock futures point to higher open ahead of data on labor, housing markets, more earnings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks trade in tight range amid unease over CIT; Investors pause after week&#8217;s steep rally</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Unease about financial companies sidelined the stock market&#8217;s three-day rally.

Investors found little reason to buy stocks Thursday after a huge rally this week and as they worried about the fate of small business lender CIT Group Inc. Major stock indicators were mixed but in a tight range.
Analysts said some pause was to .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-trade-in-tight-range-amid-unease-over-cit-investors-pause-after-weeks-steep-rally-111728/">Stocks trade in tight range amid unease over CIT; Investors pause after week&#8217;s steep rally</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Technicality holds up sale of Iowa kosher slaughterhouse but new deal is expected soon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[POSTVILLE, Iowa — A technicality has held up the sale of a struggling kosher slaughterhouse in northeast Iowa, but the trustee charged with overseeing the plant is confident the sale will be completed soon.

Agriprocessors Inc. bankruptcy trustee Joe Sarachek says a technical issue concerning the way the sale was drawn up stopped Judge Paul J. ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/technicality-holds-up-sale-of-iowa-kosher-slaughterhouse-but-new-deal-is-expected-soon-110689/" title="Technicality holds up sale of Iowa kosher slaughterhouse but new deal is expected soon">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil hovers above $66 in Asia after weak jobs numbers undermine investor confidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Kennedy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in Asia in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the U.S. and Europe sent crude prices tumbling.

Benchmark crude for August delivery slipped 30 cents to $66.46 a barrel by late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-hovers-above-66-in-asia-after-weak-jobs-numbers-undermine-investor-confidence-98444/" title="Oil hovers above $66 in Asia after weak jobs numbers undermine investor confidence">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Oil jumps above $71 as China looks to boost resrves, Nigeria rebels attack Shell platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Oil prices settled above $71 a barrel Monday, as China said it would boost oil reserves and Nigerian militants partly shut down an offshore oil platform belonging to Royal Dutch Shell PLC.

Benchmark crude for August delivery gained $2.33 to settle at $71.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Alaron Trading ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/oil-jumps-above-71-as-china-looks-to-boost-resrves-nigeria-rebels-attack-shell-platform-94918/">Read : Oil jumps above $71 as China looks to boost resrves, Nigeria rebels attack Shell platform</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers warn government plan would &#8220;dismantle&#8221; employer coverage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The insurance industry Tuesday laid down a marker on health care, warning in stark terms that a proposed government insurance plan would dismantle the employer coverage Americans have relied on for a half century and overtake the system.

In a joint letter to senators, the two largest industry groups also said they don&#8217;t believe ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/insurers-warn-government-plan-would-dismantle-employer-coverage-89771/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Insurers warn government plan would &#8220;dismantle&#8221; employer coverage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Democrats press head on health care bill; first big test comes in committee votes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Werner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Eye-popping new cost estimates for President Barack Obama&#8217;s plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system are forcing majority Democrats to scale back their plans to subsidize coverage for the uninsured.

The $1 trillion-plus estimates came ahead of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee&#8217;s scheduled meeting Wednesday to begin work on a ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senate-democrats-press-head-on-health-care-bill-first-big-test-comes-in-committee-votes-84219/" title="Senate Democrats press head on health care bill; first big test comes in committee votes">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>When price of ingredient in white paint falls, economists see broader weakness</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeannine Aversa</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The recession may not be waving a white flag just yet, but the price of a key ingredient in white paint may signal the economy&#8217;s downhill slide is easing.

Titanium dioxide prices fell 5.1 percent in the 12 months ending in May, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. That followed a 5.7 percent drop in ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/when-price-of-ingredient-in-white-paint-falls-economists-see-broader-weakness-83330/">When price of ingredient in white paint falls, economists see broader weakness</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Oz female minister reveals how sexist premiers ruined her political career</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - Former Australian Labour  Party  Member Paula  Wriedt has claimed that her political life  was  destroyed due  to  the level of the sexism and poor  understanding  of  her mental illness shown by two former Aussie premiers.

The  late  Jim Bacon forced her to ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/former-oz-female-minister-reveals-how-sexist-premiers-ruined-her-political-career-80629/" title="Former Oz female minister reveals how sexist premiers ruined her political career">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Old dissidents still a voice in Russia, but their influence fades under Putin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 23:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Douglas Birch</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — They would meet in secret, terrified of a KGB knock on the door. They laboriously typed out banned publications. Many ended up in prison, labor camps and exile.

They were the Soviet dissidents, the human faces of the Cold War, waging nonviolent resistance against a cruel and cynical system.
Today, 20 years after Eastern Europe .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/old-dissidents-still-a-voice-in-russia-but-their-influence-fades-under-putin-67821/" title="Old dissidents still a voice in Russia, but their influence fades under Putin">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street poised for modestly lower open ahead of monthly retail sales data</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Wall Street is continuing its sell off Thursday ahead of a key report on unemployment. Stock futures are trading modestly lower.

Investors have abandoned a nearly two-month rally this week, and are instead selling shares as new data suggests the economy might not bounce back as quickly as hoped.
The Labor Department&#8217;s weekly jobless .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wall-street-poised-for-modestly-lower-open-ahead-of-monthly-retail-sales-data-61470/" title="Wall Street poised for modestly lower open ahead of monthly retail sales data">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to outline steps to help unemployed pursue education while keeping jobless benefits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 08:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Superville</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking states and colleges to help the jobless pursue education and training without having to give up their unemployment benefits.

Currently, people who are out of work and want to go back to school have to give up their monthly unemployment check. And if they decide to return to school, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-to-outline-steps-to-help-unemployed-pursue-education-while-keeping-jobless-benefits-2-56777/">Original source &nbsp;: Obama to outline steps to help unemployed pursue education while keeping jobless benefits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks pare early gains as initial relief over jobs data gives way to unease about economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 00:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Lepro</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Investors pushed stocks higher Friday, relieved by better-than-expected jobs data and confirmation that big banks don&#8217;t need as much capital as some had feared.

Bank shares led the gains following the release of the government&#8217;s &#8220;stress tests&#8221; late Thursday.
Wall Street welcomed the Labor Department&#8217;s report that employers cut 539,000 jobs last month — ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stocks-pare-early-gains-as-initial-relief-over-jobs-data-gives-way-to-unease-about-economy-55345/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Stocks pare early gains as initial relief over jobs data gives way to unease about economy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Avon Products 1Q profit slips 36 pct, misses Wall Street forecasts because of strong dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 23:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Vereckey</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Avon Products Inc. on Tuesday said its first-quarter profit fell 36 percent, due to significant foreign exchange pressures and the impact of the global recession that dampened demand for the cosmetics company&#8217;s products.

Avon&#8217;s profit missed Wall Street expectations, and its shares declined $1.05, or 4.2 percent, to $24.17 in morning trading.
To help ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/avon-products-1q-profit-slips-36-pct-misses-wall-street-forecasts-because-of-strong-dollar-53111/">Avon Products 1Q profit slips 36 pct, misses Wall Street forecasts because of strong dollar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Avon Products 1st-quarter profit falls 36 percent on foreign exchange pressure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 19:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Avon Products Inc. on Tuesday said its first-quarter profit fell 36 percent, due to significant foreign exchange pressures and the impact of the global recession.

The world&#8217;s largest direct-seller of cosmetics reported net income of $117.3 million, or 27 cents per share, down from $184.7 million, or 43 cents per share, a year  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/avon-products-1st-quarter-profit-falls-36-percent-on-foreign-exchange-pressure-52832/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate boards weigh CEO pay changes for 2009; some lower performance hurdles for executives</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 00:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Beck</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — CEO pay fell in 2008, but will the pullback last?

The answer hinges on whether corporate boards make changes now to keep compensation at less stratospheric levels for the long term.
For critics of high executive pay, this is the year when public and political anger has lined up firmly on the side of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/corporate-boards-weigh-ceo-pay-changes-for-2009-some-lower-performance-hurdles-for-executives-49301/">Read more : Corporate boards weigh CEO pay changes for 2009; some lower performance hurdles for executives</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Unions approve contracts with The Greenbrier in W.Va.; bankruptcy court must OK it</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 23:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Unions representing more than 1,100 workers at The Greenbrier have ratified new contract agreements that freeze wages and were viewed as key to the southeastern West Virginia resort&#8217;s pending sale.

The agreements, which were approved Thursday, must now be accepted by a U.S. bankruptcy court before they can become effective, resort spokeswoman Lynn .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/unions-approve-contracts-with-the-greenbrier-in-wva-bankruptcy-court-must-ok-it-47737/">Unions approve contracts with The Greenbrier in W.Va.; bankruptcy court must OK it</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico to shut all but essential services as world health officials ratchet up swine flu alert</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexico is telling citizens to stay home, urging businesses to close for five days and suspending government services as the World Health Organization warns the swine flu outbreak is on the brink of becoming a global epidemic.

In the United States, federal health officials said Thursday the number of confirmed cases had risen ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexico-to-shut-all-but-essential-services-as-world-health-officials-ratchet-up-swine-flu-alert-5-46021/">Mexico to shut all but essential services as world health officials ratchet up swine flu alert</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela recalls envoy in Peru to protest asylum of Chavez opponent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela recalled its ambassador to protest Peru&#8217;s decision to grant political asylum to a prominent opponent of President Hugo Chavez, calling it a mockery of international law and escalating a diplomatic dispute.

Peru announced early Monday that it was giving Manuel Rosales, a former presidential candidate who ran against Chavez in 2006 and ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuela-recalls-envoy-in-peru-to-protest-asylum-of-chavez-opponent-41678/">Venezuela recalls envoy in Peru to protest asylum of Chavez opponent</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Sources: GM to close most US factories for up to 9 weeks this summer to reduce inventory</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Krisher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, three people briefed on the plan said Wednesday. Analysts say the company could be seeing sales decline because of talk about a potential .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-sources-gm-to-close-most-us-factories-for-up-to-9-weeks-this-summer-to-reduce-inventory-3-34249/">AP Sources: GM to close most US factories for up to 9 weeks this summer to reduce inventory</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Jones, respected former British labor union chief, dies in London at 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Jack Jones, a union leader who became a household name in Britain through his battles to secure better rights for workers, has died, his son said Wednesday. He was 96.

Mick Jones said his father died of unidentified natural causes in Peckham, London, on Tuesday.
As general secretary of the Transport and General Workers&#8217; Union .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jack-jones-respected-former-british-labor-union-chief-dies-in-london-at-96-33562/" title="Jack Jones, respected former British labor union chief, dies in London at 96">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>ILO says prolonged labor recession, social crisis, looms in Asia amid grim employment figures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, Philippines — Asia faces the risk of a prolonged labor market recession and social crisis that could take much longer to shake off than the current economic downturn, the International Labor Organization said Wednesday.

ILO senior economist Gyorgy Sziraczki said 23 million people in the region are expected to lose their jobs this year because ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ilo-says-prolonged-labor-recession-social-crisis-looms-in-asia-amid-grim-employment-figures-33315/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : ILO says prolonged labor recession, social crisis, looms in Asia amid grim employment figures</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysia Govt. cancels work visas of 55,000 Bangladeshis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PUTRAJAYA - Malaysia&#8217;s Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar has informed that the Government has cancelled the work visas of about 55,000 Bangladeshis who have not used them so far.

&#8220;This group of workers will be affected by the current freeze and we have already decided to cancel past approvals for those coming here to work in .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/malaysia-govt-cancels-work-visas-of-55000-bangladeshis-16556/">Malaysia Govt. cancels work visas of 55,000 Bangladeshis</a>.]]></description>
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