SEATTLE (AP) — Online retailer Amazon.com called this holiday season its "best ever," saying Friday that it saw a 17% increase in orders on its busiest day — a rare piece of good news in a season that has been far from merry for most retailers, including online businesses. Amazon customers ordered more than 6.3 […]
Obama to AFL-CIO Council: He’s Counting on Union Movement
Posted by Mike Hall to AFL-CIO NOW Barack Obama told the AFL-CIO Executive Council he is counting on the union movement’s largest-ever voter mobilization to play a key role in his drive to take back the White House for working families on Election Day. Speaking via video conference at the council’s two-day meeting in Chicago this […]
With Abkhazian War Looming, Blogger Dreams of “Home”
Posted by Lyndon to Global Voices Online “There are many houses like this in Sukhumi. An echo of war. [image source] Now that everyone seems to be talking (RUS) about an impending war over Abkhazia, in spite of Germany’s best efforts (see the latest news here or here), I decided to finally translate this post […]
A Super Power’s frugal turn
‘Make a grocery list and stick to it. Don’t shop when you are hungry.’ ‘Eat less.Drink tap water instead of soda and bottled water.Use what you have.Set up one week a month as a use-it-up week and plan all your meals, using only already what you have.’ From whom do you think the above advices […]
Iraq: BlogIraq is Dead
by Salam Adil I am sad to report the death of Ahmed the writer of the blog BlogIraqwho was murdered in the Al-Mansour district of Baghdad. May he rest in peace. Iraqi bloggers are a close-knit community and we mourn the death of fellow bloggers as if it is from our own family. There is not one family in Iraq […]
Zimbabwe: Post-election violence on the rise
– by Ndesanjo Macha The election crisis in Zimbabwe continues: there are reports from the mainstream media, bloggers and human rights organisations about state organised post-election violence against supporters of the opposition, the main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has left the country for Botswana fearing for his life and the “ship of evil” continues to draw bloggers’ attention. […]
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