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March 2007

Chavez expands nationalisation agenda

An article from Vietnam's English language newspaper 'Vietnam News' on Venezuela's programme of public ownership. More ...

Afghans protest against NATO troops

Thousands of protesters took the streets in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday 6th March to demand an immediate withdrawal of the US and NATO troops, recently responsible for the killing of 25 Afghan civilians. More ...

Britain: bill of rights for agency workers defeated in Parliament

Britain’s trade unions have welcomed the support of more than 100, mainly Labour, Members of Parliament (MPs) who on 2nd March supported a draft law in the UK Parliament to give employment protection to workers in temporary employment and workers who are supplied to firms by employment agencies. But the bill was defeated. More ...

The fate of the five detained Iranians is unknown

As the Western media turns its attention to the fate of 15 Britons detained for allegedly trespassing into Iranian waters over the weekend, the status of five Iranian officials captured in a U.S. military raid on a liaison office in northern Iraq on 11th January remains a mystery. More ...

Salaries and wages in Britain- the facts

The GMB, one of Britain's biggest trade unions, has updated its occupational pay league for employees in all 346 occupational groups in the UK by ranking official pay data for April 2006 from the top to the bottom. More ...