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Conference Reaffirms Reproductive Rights
While much of the world is facing a global financial crisis, made worse by government cuts in social spending, members of parliament meeting here Wednesday agreed the economic crunch is no reason for governments to relax their commitment to women’s reproductive rights and health, made 18 years ago.
U.S. Patriot Act Kept Somalia Starving
When war-torn Somalia was also ravaged by a drought-induced famine last year, which killed tens of thousands and displaced over a million people, international …
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Finland Joins Call for Financial Market Tax
In the midst of the debt and financial crises plaguing key European countries, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has joined a growing international chorus …
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Finnish Contest No More Between Right and Left
In an uncharacteristically lively election campaign in this nation of five million people, Finns head for the polls in a second round of voting …
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Support Growing for Degrowth
In the face of a global recession that has not yet run its course, there is growing demand now for an economic model away …
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