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(New York) - Jordan's military prosecutor at the State Security Court should immediately order the release of Hatim al-Shuli, a university student, and rescind charges against him, Human Rights Watch said today.

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(Cairo) - Egyptian authorities should immediately disclose the fate and whereabouts of Mohamed Saad Tork, who disappeared in July 2009 with strong indications that he was being held by the authorities, and prosecute those responsible, Human Rights Watch said today. Tork's case highlights the continuing practice of enforced disappearances by Egypt's State Security Investigations agency.

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Mexican Community Theater: A Different View of Immigration
Monthly Review
Either end immigration completely, or let immigrant workers enjoy full labor rights when they come here. Despite its strong political message, ...

Sydney Morning Herald
A disaster of Labor's own making
Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Rudd also articulated Labor's traditional support for migration - a position abandoned by Julia Gillard as she sought to appease voters worried about ...

We pay high price for uncertain future
Herald Sun
All along we thought this federal election was about leadership, broadband, boat people, migration, the war in Afghanistan, climate change, ...

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Weekend Forecast: Can Machete Out-Hack Drew Barrymore at the Box Office?
Movieline (blog)
Last Train Home (NY): Acclaimed doc about the mass migration of workers (130 million!) from Chinese cities and factory centers to their rural homes. ...

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The Ten Things The Government Could Do To Cut Unemployment In Half
24/7 Wall St. (blog)
Other states like Ohio and Illinois have substantial labor problems that have nothing to do with immigration at all. The most logical solution to the ...

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In a meeting today with a delegation of the ITUC Asia Pacific Labour Network (APLN), Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan stated that he would make his best efforts to achieve agreement on establishing a Labour Forum to enable trade union representation in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

The Japanese Prime Minister said that in his capacity as host of the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Yokohama, Japan, on November 13-14, he would approach other governments to achieve their support for a Labour Forum, and would work to ensure decent work was promoted throughout the APEC region.

"For too long, there has been a basic injustice in the APEC structure that gives business every opportunity to influence decisions through the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) but no such channel to trade unions and the workers of APEC that we represent,” said ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow. “It is time to end that injustice, and we commend the Prime Minister on his support for our position.”

The Prime Minister further agreed with the trade union delegation that economic stimulus must remain the priority to address the global economic crisis, and said Japan would maintain its own fiscal boost even though European Union countries were starting to advocate a premature exit strategy. He added that Japan would take measures to reduce the level of precarious work, and that all countries should do the same.

The trade union delegation was led by JTUC-RENGO President Nobuaki Koga, who presented the Prime Minister with the ITUC/APLN's Statement to the APEC Leaders' Meeting, entitled “Beating the Crisis, Involving Working People and Realising Decent Work”.

To see the Statement of the ITUC Asia Pacific Labour Network To the 2010 APEC economic leaders' meeting in English

In Spanish

To see the Photo Gallery of the meeting

For more information, please contact the ITUC Press Department on 32 2 224 02 04 or + 32 476 62 10 18

It's hard to sleep tight when you're feeling bedbugs bite
Indianapolis Star
Turpin explained the migration with a poem: "The June bug has a gaudy wing. The firefly has a flame. The bedbugs have no wings at all, but they get there ...

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State Migration Plans Delayed Again
Embrace Australia
The State Migration Plans have been put on hold ever since Labor called the Australian election in August, leading to confusion amongst migrants. ...

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Enjoy autumn's finery in county
Republican & Herald
International Vulture Awareness Day on Saturday, the Monarch Migration celebration on Sept. 18 and the Children's Raptor ID Workshop on Sept. ...

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Bob and Blanche hawk their book
Sydney Morning Herald
Mr Hawke ranged over aspects of his career, world affairs, the current political situation, migration and Tony Abbott, who the former Labor leader described ...

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Ferghana.ru
US think tanks are interested in the migration processes in Russia and ...
Ferghana.ru
US think tanks, specifically, the Kennan Institute and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), explore various aspects of labor migration in ...

Hoskin Farina & Kampf Finds Cost-Effective DMS With Worldox
Law.com
Those conversations also provided us with additional suggestions to complement our existing migration experience. My initial discussions with the team at ...

Kansas City Star
Editorial: Don't be fooled by immigration decline
Dallas Morning News
The 2007 slump in homebuilding, a major magnet for low-cost migrant labor, set off the wave. The subsequent national recession further soured the migrant ...
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Woodside land move to be felt 'around the world'
WA Business News (subscription)
Page 15: Independent Rob Oakeshott has suggested a taxation summit to examine broad reforms, amid unease over the process and potential effects of Labor's ...

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China Buying Australia by the Shipload Raises Cash, Outback Ire
Bloomberg
“The huge growth of the Chinese presence in Australia, through the mining boom, students, tourism, and permanent migration, has been mismanaged to an ...

(New York) - The apparent brutality by Saudi employers against a Sri Lankan domestic worker highlights the severe shortcomings in labor laws and practices that foster abuse and exploitation, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Labor 'lesser evil' on refugees
Sydney Morning Herald
... of thousands of Australian islands for migration purposes: ''I don't like the Labor policy and I'll do everything I can to have that overturned. ...

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(Jerusalem) - Hamas should be held accountable for two new attacks against Israeli civilians in the West Bank, and those who ordered and participated in the attacks should be prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said today.

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