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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...Tags: Stamford, Business Enterprises, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Moscow (Russia)
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Obama's speech on drones, Guantanamo welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen, but criticism remains
Associated PressISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies— Pakistan and Yemen. But Pakistani officials criticized the...Tags: Government, Military Equipment, Pakistan, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Yemen
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Obama reveals conflicted thinking on drone strikes
WASHINGTON — At times defensive, solemn, lawyerly and personal, President Obama on Thursday offered a rare glimpse of the burden that the nation's fight against terrorism has placed on the man who leads it. In a speech spanning nearly an hour, the...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Guantanamo prisoners tune in for Obama's speech on their fate
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - Among those tuning in to President Barack Obama's national security speech on Thursday were some prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, who rely on television broadcasts and newspapers for hints about their fate. "Detainees...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Satellite and Cable Service, Barack Obama, Prisons, U.S. Congress
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Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo
ReutersWASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's pledge on Thursday to lift a ban on transfers of detainees to Yemen from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, addresses one of the core obstacles to clearing out the detention camp. Of the 86 detainees...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Government, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Prisoners and Detainees, Military Justice
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'Fashion Police' Strike: Both Sides Dig in on Eve of Rally
ReutersLOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the strike by nine writers on E! Entertainment's "Fashion Police" nearly five weeks old, both sides were digging in for the long haul Wednesday. While the writers were preparing to set up an 11 a.m. picket line and...Tags: Elections, Work Relations, Writers Guild of America, Television, Chelsea Lately (tv program)
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Lucille Dickess: An Advocate For Pink-Collar Workers At Yale
The Hartford CourantLucille Dickess played a major role in the successful fight to unionize "pink collar" workers at Yale University. The recognition of Local 34, Clerical and Technical Workers Union, brought higher wages and greater stability to the workers, most of them...Tags: Work Relations, Colleges and Universities, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Jesse Jackson, United Auto Workers
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Most unionized UC hospital workers go to jobs despite strike
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many others chose to come to work. More than three-quarters of union members who had been scheduled to work...
Tags: AFSCME, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Career and Workplace, Unions
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U.S. military lawyers put more pressure on Guantanamo
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to improve conditions for detainees, putting more pressure on the Obama administration to make good its promise to close...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Pakistan, Yemen, Jay Carney
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U.S. military lawyers urge Hagel to improve Guantanamo conditions
Reuters* Biggest hunger strike in several years * Obama to reaffirm pledge to close prison * Legal and political hurdles By Jane Sutton MIAMI, May 22 (Reuters) - Military and civilian lawyers for prisoners at the Guantanamo naval base urged U.S. Defense...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Government, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Public Officials, Barack Obama
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UC medical center strike: Most union members reported for work
As University of California patient care workers returned to the picket lines in a workplace dispute Wednesday, hospital administrators said they were gratified that so many union members chose to come to work rather than strike. More than three-...
Tags: AFSCME, University of California, Davis, University of California, Irvine, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics
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Russian punk band member starts hunger strike to protest court ruling
ReutersBerezniki, Russia (Reuters) - A member of the Pussy Riot band 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, Christianity, Vladimir Putin, Moscow (Russia), Christian Orthodoxy
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