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The egalitarian wage system Fidel Castro spent decades building in Cuba is no longer viable, plagued by low pay, corruption and waste that can be eased by paying workers more for better work, a top labor official said in an interview published Wednesday.
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The reality is, there won’t be an Emmy host this year _ there will be five.
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In this Saturday April 21, 2007 file photo, the original bronze “Lupa Capitolina” (she-wolf) symbol of Rome, with the eternal city’s founders Romolo and Remo suckling from her teats, is inaugurated at an exhibition by then Mayor Walter Veltroni to...
