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NSW teachers vote for 48-hour strike

BY JOHN TOGNOLINI SYDNEY — At 140 stop-work meetings across NSW on December 2, members of the NSW Teachers Federation voted by a margin of 98% for stepped-up industrial action in support of their salaries campaign, including a 48-hour strike on

RUSSIA: The elections, the crisis of the CP and the new left

BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY MOSCOW — A year ago, political life in Russia was like a stagnant swamp. President Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential election had solved none of the country's problems, while providing ample demonstration that