Australian PM to be paid more than Obama
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is set to
get a Aus$90,000 (US$92,000) pay rise, meaning she will earn more
than US President Barack Obama, reports said on Thursday.
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Britain’s unions say
Two million joined strike over pensions:
British unions say up to two million public
sector workers joined a strike Wednesday over government plans to
weaken their pension rights as part of its austerity programme. The
action shut thousands of schools, paralysed local authorities and
left hospitals to operate on minimum staffing, in what unions called
the biggest walkout in decades.
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