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To: goldsnow who wrote (11064)	6/2/1999 8:48:00 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

OT , sort of: Excerpts from a couple of news pieces on my wire today --- Ryerson study finds economic boom is little benefit to Cdn. workers---The real unemployment rate for Canada in may 98, would be 20.3%, rather than 8.4% , if those who were significantly underemployed were also counted. " We found that part-time and temporary work, and low - paying jobs have replaced full-time permaneny positions. The kind of jobs that are being created are undermining the foundation for middle class life in Canada. The study also found : - more than 52% of CDN workers earn less than $15 an hour. " Our statistics run counter to the official story of an economic boom" full story-- www.research.ryerson.ca/~ors/research/job.html Next drivel----This will make our arms manufacturers happy and the star wars gang as well--- Russian: Must make New Arms Because Of Nato Attacks- Tass AP) NATO airstrikes on Yugoslavia are forcing Russia to step up the development of new weapons and make it unlikely that the existing arsena; would be reduced soon, a top official said Wednessday. "The war in Europe makes us work most seriously on the creation of new weapons, " Deputy Prime Minister Ilya Klebanov was quoted as saying. Russia regards Nato as a serious threat, and raids against Yugoslavia have prompted calls for increasing defence spending and developing the military. " We should regain the positions that the Soviet Union used to have in this area and that Russia has largely lost" , Klebanov said. Klebanov also said that Russia may have to put it's disarmament plans on hold because of NATO strikes. " Paradise has not been created in the world yet and apparently it's too early to disarm, although we really want to do that", Klebanov said. And this is way too mach for me to type so I'll just give a couple of lines---- Developing countries efforts to reduce poverty appear to have stalled as a result of recent financial crisis,,, world bank --1.5 billion people could be living on less $1 a day in 1999 -- The percentage of Indonesians earning less than $1 a day rose to 19.9% in 1998 from 11% in 97 -- In Thailand the percentage living below the national poverty line of $2 a day rose 1.5% to 12.9% in 98, while in South Korea the percentage living below the urban poverty line of $4 a day rose 10.6% to 19.2%--- But we got bombs at a million a crack---- The last line is mine--<g>