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• Wickmayer, Malisse ban suspended

  
  Open Court — Authority: 141
  A Belgian court announced Monday that the one-year doping bans given to players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse by the countrys own anti-doping tribunal were suspended. Heres the full story . It doesnt seem as though theyre out of the woods yet, although the ban imposed by the International Tennis Federation, ...
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• Worker Center, Washington State Fed Join Forces to Help Immigrant Workers

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
  Casa Latina—a worker center that serves all low-wage workers, including immigrant workers—is affiliating with the Washington State Labor Council to encourage closer cooperation in the fight for immigrant workers’ rights. Seattle-based Casa Latina is the 11th worker center to join the AFL-CIO under a program ...
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• A Chanukiyah of Predictions for 2010

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 506
  December is the time of the secular year where we look backward and forward – making best-of lists and summarizing our prognostications for the future. While many faiths join together for revelries related to the secular new year, for Jews it is also the season to recall the value of perseverance and faith in ...
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• Arsenal likely to sue Dutch FA for Van Persie injury

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Dec 13 (IANS) Arsenal are planning to sue the Dutch Football Federation, the KNVB, for compensation over the injury suffered by Robin van Persie when he was on international duty - and the step is likely to transform the face of international football.The Guardian reported that the Dutch now will miss most of ...
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• IAAF offers to pay for Caster Semenya’s gender surgery

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Dec. 12 (ANI): The International Association of Athletics Federations has offered to pay for South African star athlete Caster Semenya’s gender surgery or other treatments if she fails the verification test.The final results of the gender verification test carried out on the South African teenager during the ...
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• JAFI-JDC Work Group Meets

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 506
  an official release from The Jewish Federations of North America: The Jewish Federations of North America convened the JAFI-JDC Work group Monday to begin planning how to move toward reaching a new agreement on allocations for overseas needs with the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and the American Jewish Joint ...
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• Workers Mobilizing to Get Bargaining Rights for Screeners

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
      AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler hears firsthand about TSO working conditions from Farzal Ahmed, a member of AFGE Local 1442, along with Frank Sylvester and Vanessa Moseley from AFGE.         More than 120 workers from nine unions braved cold weather in Phoenix yesterday to rally ...
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• Northampton, Mass., City Council Backs Living Wage

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
  With working families trying to stretch every dollar to make ends meet, the City Council in Northampton, Mass., last night unanimously gave final approval to a resolution defining a living wage as a human right. The nonbinding resolution also states the city will attempt to do business with employers that pay living ...
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• California Union Members Host First-Ever Economic Recovery Summit

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
        California Labor Federation Communications Director Steve Smith tells us how California union members are taking the lead in moving the state toward economic recovery. The solution to California’s unprecedented economic crisis can be summed up in three words: jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the ...
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• Workers Give Rite Aid CEO the Raspberry for Union-Busting

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
      Rite Aid worker Tom Brown (far right), ILWU organizer Mary Winzig and supporters confront Rite Aid CEO and execs.         Workers at Rite Aid’s Lancaster, Calif., distribution center have been fighting for justice and a voice at work for years. Here’s the latest report on their ...
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• Bolt yet to confirm his participation in Delhi Games

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) Triple Olympic and World champion Usain Bolt has not confirmed his participation for 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, said his manager Ricky Simms, contrary to claims of Organising Committee (OC) chairman Suresh Kalmadi.Bolt’s manager Simms said the star sprinter is still to make up his mind on ...
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• Serena gets off easy

  
  Open Court — Authority: 141
  You knew Serena Williams wasnt actually going to miss a Grand Slam, in the wake of her threatening tirade against the lineswoman at the U.S. Open in September. The paper pushers dont have the guts. And besides, itd be a little hypocritical of them to do it given that people like John McEnroe and Andre Agassi have ...
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• Ohio Unions Help Give Needy Families Christmas Care

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
      Dave Caldwell, president of the Central Ohio Labor Council AFL-CIO; Michelle Mills, CEO & president of St. Stephen’s Community House; Columbus City Council member Andrew Ginther; Columbus City Council President Pro Tem Hearcel Craig; and Columbus Labor Council member Bob Garvin took part in the ...
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• Stories Eligible for the Nebula Award

  
  John Joseph Adams — Authority: 106
  Nebula Awards season is upon us. Current Nebula rules dictate that during the annual nomination period (November 15th thru February 15th), eligible members of SFWA can nominate works for the Nebula . The six works that receive the highest number of nominations during the nomination period in each category will be ...
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• UEFA to hold talks with federations on match-fixing probe

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Hamburg, Nov 23 (DPA) European football union UEFA is to hold talks this week with nine national federations affected by a match-fixing investigation.The federations have been called to UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland for the talks on Wednesday.Some 200 matches are being investigated by German prosecutors ...
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• The Emerging Russian-Jewish Presence

  
  eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog — Authority: 506
  by Robert Singer The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming… the title of the Jewish Federations of North America GA workshop is a playful take on the American patriot Paul Revere’s legendary midnight warning of the approach of King George’s troops. In the case of this year’s GA, this phrase ends ...
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• Working America, Union Members Deliver for Health Care Reform

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 656
      Working America members in Louisiana and in several other states wrote thousands of letters to their senators urging them to pass health care reform now.         In Louisiana, Maine, North Dakota, Delaware, Arkansas and Indiana this week, Working America members and union volunteers ...
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• IAAF denies allowing Caster Semenya to keep her gold medal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Nov. 20 (ANI): The International Association of Athletics Federations has denied the South African Government’s claims that it had agreed to allow Caster Semenya keep her World Championship gold medal despite the gender controversy clouding her victory.The IAAF insisted that the statement was premature, as ...
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• UPDATE: Castor Semenya to Keep Gold Medal

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 155
  This past August, Castor Semenya ran her 800-meter race in 1:55.45, faster than any other woman in the world this year. Her dramatic win and personal improvement elicited people to question her sex, which eventually led to an investigation. Reports of her gender-verification testing were leaked to the press saying ...
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• S Africa say Semenya can keep gold medal

  
  The Zimbabwe Times — Authority: 142
  JOHANNESBURG (CNN) – South African runner Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep the gold medal she won in the women’s 800-meters at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, in August, the country’s sports ministry announced Thursday. In a statement on their official Web site the ministry added ...
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