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- UAW tells Congress to bank on givebacks Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 8:18AMIn gesture to support Big 3 bailout, union agrees to stop paying laid-off workers WASHINGTON — In the unionized auto business, the traditional answer to a sales slowdown was to identify excess workers and then keep paying them—for doing no work.
- Supervisors return $32,000 to township Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 6:22AMMen mistakenly took wages while holding workshops. North Whitehall's three supervisors returned nearly $32,000 to the township Wednesday for wages they mistakenly received while conducting public workshops over the last five years.
- Online Journalism News Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 6:20AMJodie Mablin has gone freelance, with the intention of specialising in travel and luxury lifestyle pieces. Mablin most recently held the position of editorial executive at Black Card Magazine, where she managed the website and helped launch the magazine.
- CPJ: More than two-thirds of African journalists detained without charge Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 11:01PMNew York, December 4, 2008 — A total of 23 journalists remained jailed in connection with their work in Sub-Saharan Africa, two-thirds held without charge, according to an annual report released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- Viacom to cut 850 jobs and freeze bosses' pay Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 10:43AMMTV owner Viacom has launched a cost-cutting plan to save up to $250m next year. By Mark Sweney
- Africa: HIV/Aids and the Continent's Military - Are We Winning This War? Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 9:18AMIn this paper, Azad Essa explores the extent to which Africa's military has been affected by HIV/AIDS. He outlines the varied responses from Africa's armed forces, with a specific focus on recruitment, care and precarious human rights issues pertaining to HIV-positive personnel.
- PM "not budging" on Iraq council plan Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 4:13AMIraq's president is going to the country's federal court to try to stop Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from establishing tribal councils — a move major political parties fear is aimed at bolstering the Shiite leader's stature ahead of elections next year.
- Credit Crunch Threatens Even Isolated Armenia Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 6:44PMUntil recently, banking system had managed to survive relatively unscathed, mainly because it is only slightly integrated into world markets.
- December 4-10, 2008 Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 2:10PMThe American journalists at the Environmental Journalism Conference look like a group under siege — and they are. The profession is suffering layoffs, budget cuts, declining circulations and constant pressure by interest groups tasked with influencing their reporting.
- Marketers Struggle With the 'Dark' Side Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 1:18PMNEW YORK -- A woman, fully clothed in a tight dress and spiked heels, lies on her back, hips raised as a bare-chested man holds her down and four other men look on.
