鈥淭his strategy is designed to help pensioners, carers and families, and first home buyers鈥, declared Australia鈥檚 Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in his October 14 address to the nation. Rudd was announcing a $10.4 billion 鈥渆conomic security strategy鈥 in response to the global financial crisis.
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The recent infant milk formula scandal in China, in which at least four babies have died and over 50,000 have become sick due to poisoning with the industrial chemical melamine, highlights the way capitalism cannot guarantee the health and well being of people 聴 particularly the most vulnerable.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has called for a national referendum on the country鈥檚 new draft constitution on December 7.
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