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INDIA: Reverse Migration Casts Shadow on Kerala Economy
- Inter Press Service
Recession in petroleum-rich Middle Eastern countries is causing thousands of workers to return to their homes in southern Kerala triggering fears of a negative impact on the local economy.
LABOUR-US: Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
- Inter Press Service
Since its initial proposal in 2007, the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) has been a divisive bill, passing in the House but not in the Senate. Now, the bill's original author, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, is working on a compromise that he hopes will pass.
US-COLOMBIA: Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama
- Inter Press Service
Long-stalled efforts to consummate a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia may be gaining some momentum, despite persistent questions about Bogota's human rights record.
CARIBBEAN: Deportation Row Takes Centre-Stage at Caricom
- Inter Press Service
Caribbean leaders are due to meet for a full working week starting Thursday to discuss issues ranging from climate change to the global economic crisis.
DEVELOPMENT: Investment in Agriculture Falls Alarmingly
- Inter Press Service
The G8 leaders meeting early July must address a crisis resulting from a sharp decline in investment in agriculture, Oxfam demands in a new study.
ENVIRONMENT: 'Slow Down Living'
- Inter Press Service
A group of Christian environmentalists met in Pistoia in central Italy over the weekend to call for an end to mass consumption and a return to family values.
ZIMBABWE: 'Money Comes First, Health Second'
- Inter Press Service
With half her body immersed in muddy red water, Esther Nyarambi closely inspects the contents of her wooden panning dish, locally known as zamba. Having spent the entire day pounding gold-bearing rock, she hopes her efforts will be rewarded with even the smallest nugget of gold.
ECONOMY-US: Congress Pushing for Federal Reserve Audit
- Inter Press Service
A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives is now in support of a historic bill by Republican lawmaker Ron Paul to audit the Federal Reserve (the Fed), the privately run central bank that sets monetary policy for the United States.
SOUTH AFRICA: Young, Educated and Unemployed
- Inter Press Service
Unemployment among young South Africans is hovering at 30 percent, shooting up to over 60 percent for youths in their late teens and early twenties. But tertiary education and skills development seem not to be making much of a dent in what is now regarded as a crisis.
CUBA: Video Sheds Light on Raúl Castro's Strict Approach
- Inter Press Service
In another demonstration that it is impossible to hide anything in this socialist Caribbean island nation, the hottest video in Cuba today appears to show President Raúl Castro's determination to root out certain vices and disloyalties, regardless of the rank of the people involved.
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