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"Official Restaurant" of the Olympics Pays Lowest Wages in the Country
Infoshop News: Canada "Federation of Labour President, Jim Sinclair is calling on the "Official Restaurant" of the Olympics to stop paying new employees less than BC's minimum wage which is already the lowest in Canada..."I talked to several McDonald's workers in the past few days who are making less than $7 an hour (minimum wage is $8)...
Feb 23, 2010, 10:53am
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Bolivia President Calls Alternative Climate Meeting
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Tuesday he's inviting activists, scientists and government officials from around the world to an alternative climate conference following the failure of a summit in Copenhagen to produce binding agreements.
Jan 7, 2010, 3:46pm
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Pine Ridge Indian Reservation State of Emergency
"Over 1000 Native American families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are with propane for heat, are snowed in and can't get out to get food, and in many cases are unable to purchase food. This is because of over 5 days of below freezing temperatures, blizzard winds, and non-stop snow that created 3-10 foot snow drifts and buried all access roads...
Dec 31, 2009, 12:42pm
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BOLIVIA: Native People Take First Steps Towards Self-Government
LA PAZ, Dec 22 (IPS) - Indigenous people, who make up more than 60 percent of the population in Bolivia, South America's poorest country, are taking their first steps towards self-government under their own cultural traditions that date back to pre-colonial times.
Dec 24, 2009, 2:19pm
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Quebec: Doctors Threaten To Resign In Mass Over Uranium Mining
Montreal Gazette: Quebec's Liberal government must stop uranium exploration near Sept Iles and declare a moratorium on uranium mining activities across the province to avoid the mass resignation of 20 doctors in the Lower North Shore town, a Sept Iles doctor said yesterday...
Dec 6, 2009, 12:55pm
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Obama Tells Thein Sein Release Suu Kyi
The irrawaddy: SINGAPORE - US President Barack Obama made a personal request to the Burmese junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners, signaling that there is different view between Association of Southeast Asian Nations and US.
Nov 15, 2009, 1:16pm
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Venezuela Grants Land to Indigenous Communities On Indigenous Resistance Day
Caracas, October 13, 2009 (venezuelanalysis.com) - Celebrating 517 years of indigenous resistance to invasion and colonisation Venezuela marked Indigenous Resistance Day on Monday with a street march through the capital, Caracas, the granting of title deeds to indigenous communities, and a special session of the National Assembly.
Oct 18, 2009, 2:48pm
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Burma: Suu Kyi Sentenced to 18 Months House Arrest
WAI MOE: "Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further 18 months house arrest by Rangoon Northern District Court on Tuesday, according to representatives of her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD).
Aug 11, 2009, 9:49am
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Aung San Suu Kyi's Trial Adjourned to Monday
RANGOON — Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was "absolutely dissatisfied" that her trial was adjourned Friday because it will give the prosecution more time to prepare its case, her lawyer said. Suu Kyi's trial was postponed until Monday after her defense gave a 30-page closing statement, said one of her lawyers, Nyan Win.
Jul 24, 2009, 5:25pm
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Suu Kyi's health improves, ready for verdict (Update)
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's health has improved and she is ready to face a verdict that could see the Nobel laureate jailed for up to five years, her lawyers said on Saturday.
May 30, 2009, 4:57pm
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Oil Firms & Loggers 'Push Indigenous People to Brink of Extinction'
The Guardian, UK: Five "uncontacted" tribes are at imminent risk of extinction as oil companies, colonists and loggers invade their territiories. The semi-nomadic groups, who live deep in the forests of Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, are vulnerable to common western diseases such as flu and measles but also risk being killed by armed gangs...
May 28, 2009, 2:34pm
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Obama to Junta: Release Suu Kyi
The Irrawaddy: "It is time for the Burmese government to drop all charges against Aung San Suu Kyi and unconditionally release her and her fellow political prisoners," Obama said, adding that by her actions, "Aung San Suu Kyi has represented profound patriotism, sacrifice and the vision of a democratic and prosperous Burma."
May 27, 2009, 9:21am
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Suu Kyi Tells Rangoon Court She's Innocent
The Irrawaddy: "Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified for the first time at her trial on Tuesday, denying that she had violated any law by giving shelter to John William Yettaw, who is being tried in the same court.
May 26, 2009, 10:18am
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Burma's Suu Kyi Claims Innocence
BBC News: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on trial for breaking the terms of her house arrest, has told a court she committed no crime, her lawyer says. She spoke as prosecutors ended their case days earlier than expected, lawyer Nyan Win said.
May 22, 2009, 11:08am
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Thirty Diplomats, Ten Reporters Attend Suu Kyi Trial
The Irrawaddy: "Thirty diplomats and 10 journalists were allowed to attend the third day of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial in Rangoon's Insein Prison on Wednesday...Suu Kyi-"Thank you very much for coming and for your support. I can't meet you one by one, but I hope to meet you all in better days."
May 20, 2009, 10:53am
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