Monday, July 9, 2007

Daily Headlines: July 09, 2007

* A severe blow was dealt to the impetus behind a strict anti-immigrant law in Hazleton, Pennsylvania when homicide charges were dropped against two Dominicans (image).

* The failed promise of Salvadoran sweatshop being transformed into a unionized factory run by laborers – this is the story of Just Garments.

* Days before the start of the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, the United States Olympic Committee apologized for a not-so-smart joke comparing Brazil “to the Congo!”

* Pope Benedict XVI said that he will sanctify an Argentine lay worker and a Venezuelan nun.

Source (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Source (English)- International Herald Tribune, Baltimore Sun, MSNBC

Image- Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

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