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CORRECTED-Nigeria's "war on terror" wins tentative support
Reuters(Corrects May 26 story to fix security spending figure in paragraph 36. The figure of 700 billion naira spent on security in the four months to April was wrong and misattributed to the central bank. The security budget is 950 billion for the full year...Tags: Justice and Rights, Islam, Armed Conflicts, Rebellions, Chad
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Cambodian police clash with thousands of garment workers, 23 hurt
ReutersPHNOM PENH, May 27 (Reuters) - At least 23 workers were hurt in Cambodia on Monday when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for U.S. sportswear company Nike , a worker and a trade union...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Companies and Corporations, Plant Openings, Nike, Inc., Career and Workplace
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Not just Bangladesh, garment makers pressured in Cambodia as well
ReutersBy Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH, June 6 (Reuters) - As investment in Cambodia's textile industry surges, so is labour unrest, putting pressure on suppliers to the world's big garment brands to raise wages and improve sometimes grim conditions in one of...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Plant Openings, Furnishings and Furniture Industry, Bangladesh, Gap Inc.
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No new cash for garment industry safety in Bangladesh budget
Reuters* Minister pledges halt to deadly factory incidents * Official had suggested new money would be provided to relocate buildings * Western brands split over how to improve conditions in garment factories By Ruma Paul and Frank Jack Daniel DHAKA, June...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Plant Openings, Science and Technology, Bangladesh, Economy, Business and Finance
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USTR nominee Froman to face questions on White House trade plans
Reuters* Senators want White House push on "trade promotion authority" * Froman's investment in Cayman Island account highlighted By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be U.S. trade representative is expected to face...Tags: Elections, Citigroup Incorporated, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Labor dispute at company that makes MLB uniforms
Every time Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee looks to catcher Erik Kratz for the sign, turning his familiar red number 33 to the center field cameras, he's showing off the craftsmanship of some of the 500 people who work at VF Majestic in Palmer Township....
Tags: Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Rentals, Unions, Health Insurance, Collective Contract
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10-year strike at Congress Plaza Hotel is over
Tribune staff reportA 10-year strike at the Congress Plaza hotel in downtown Chicago -- believed to be the longest hotel strike in the world --has ended. An attorney for the hotel said Unite Here Local 1, the union representing cleaning and maintenance workers, has offered...Tags: Grover Cleveland, Trials, Bankruptcy, Unions, Economy, Business and Finance
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Mexico creates task force to search for the missing
MEXICO CITY — Responding to anguished families and mothers on a hunger strike, the government of President Enrique Peņa Nieto on Monday created an investigative task force to search for thousands of missing Mexicans. The new effort comes as...
Tags: Criminals, Justice and Rights, Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Brands lays out road map for troubling shaken Nadal
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - With a piercing flat forehand and a serve launched from high in the Parisian sky, Daniel Brands laid out a blueprint for how to upset claycourt king Rafa Nadal in his own backyard. For the best part of two sets on Court Philippe...Tags: Career and Workplace, Tennis, Wimbledon Championships, John Isner, Robin Soderling
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AFRICA INVESTMENT-South Africa labour strife creating vicious cycle
ReutersBy Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG, May 29 (Reuters) - Labour unrest in South Africa's mines, which threatens to spread to bigger sectors like manufacturing, is plunging the economy into a vicious cycle that may spiral into stagflation, disinvestment and more...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Inflation and Deflation, Mining
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Pussy Riot member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
ReutersMOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - A member of the band Pussy Riot who was jailed over a protest against President Vladimir Putin in a Russian cathedral said on Wednesday she was starting a hunger strike after she was barred from a parole hearing. Maria...Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, Christian Orthodoxy, Moscow (Russia), Prisons
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UC hospitals cancel surgeries, divert patients amid strike
A strike by University of California patient care workers Tuesday caused the cancellation of hundreds of surgeries, the closure of laboratory stations and the diversion of emergency room patients, officials said. The hospitals prepared for the two-day...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Disasters and Accidents, Pension and Welfare, Unions, Medical Specialization
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May 27, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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