World & Business
Women in the Honduran Crisis
anarkismo.net — Women are in the forefront of the protest against the military coup of 28 June in Honduras. In the last week of June, as the threat of a coup loomed, women's organisations sprang into action, organising marches, mobilising women, writing and distributing bulletins, and emailing information and eyewitness images around the world ... More…
Recruitment industry reps call UK unemployment figure wretch
rkhconsulting.co.uk — The number of unemployed rose in the UK by a record 281,000 to 2.38 million in the three months to May. This makes the unemployment rate 7.6 per cent, the highest since the New Labour Government came to power in 1997. More…
Working long hours
autoinsurance5.com — Working long hours is stupid If you are working 12 hour days, quit you job. Why? The only way you will ever do anything more than tread water in a capitalist. Why working for another man's bonus and another man's wife is stupid. Working in corporate America long hours is not the way. More…
New PopRule (All Politics is Social) is More Action Centric
baldwinparkdemocrat.blogspot.c… — PopRule (All Politics is Social) has changed and it's a good change. The change is simple. While it remains a social networking news/commentary aggregator site, it has now moved more into the "let's take action" arena. More…
US Threatens Mass Murder of Afghan Civilians if GI Not Freed
cbsnews.com — At least two Afghan villages have been blanketed with leaflets warning that if an American soldier kidnapped by the Taliban two weeks ago isn't freed, "you will be targeted." Villagers near the border of two volatile provinces, Ghazni and Paktika, tell CBS News' Sami Yousafzai that aircraft dropped the leaflets during the past several days. More…
The Streets of Jerusalem Burn As Haredim Riot
globalnewsonline.weebly.com — The riots started in late June, when a parking lot scheduled to work on Saturday (the holy day of resting in the Jewish tradition) seemed to upset the Haredim, which boldly ignore the needs of secular inhabitants. The Haredim, united in their will to take back the city, and rioted intermittently. More…
153 killed as plane with Armenian tourists crashes in Iran
mosnews.com — A passenger plane carrying 153 people, mostly Armenians, has crashed in northwest Iran. All on board are feared dead, state media report. The Caspian Airlines jet was heading from Tehran to the Armenian capital Yerevan when it crashed on Wednesday near the village of Jannatabad outside the city of Qazvin, around 120 kilometers northwest of Tehran, More…
Roundup of Sites That Save You Money (7/16)
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Women Feed the World: Diary from Burkina Faso
us.oneworld.net — WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (OneWorld.net) - Most women in Burkina Faso spend their days growing food for their families, but they cannot own the land they cultivate. In this diary from the field, the president of an international development organization explores the lives of women farmers in the impoverished West African nation. More…
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