Word: labors
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...Commission officials say the E.U. has an aging population and a dearth of skilled workers in sectors like engineering, information technology, pharmaceuticals, health care and teaching. The continent desperately needs foreign labor and officials hope some 20 million migrants will arrive over the next two decades...
...rural voters disillusioned with the BJP's promises of an urban, middle class "India Shining" while they remained dirt poor. The stalled nuclear deal is a symptom of a deeper malaise in the current administration. Other key initiatives of Singh's are also in trouble: A ban on child labor looks toothless one year on, while a scheme to provide every household in India with at least 100 days of work has been dogged by chronic mismanagement and charges of graft. If such bread-and-butter initiatives can falter, then Singh - hailed as India's great liberalizer when...
After 11 years in the back seat, Australia's Labor Party is itching to take the wheel of government again. Four times in a row voters have rejected Labor in favor of John Howard's conservative coalition. But with a shiny-blond new leader, Kevin Rudd, trouncing Howard in popularity polls, Labor has a real chance to deprive the P.M. of a fifth term. A few days after Howard called an election for Nov. 24, betting markets were offering $2.60 for a government win; $1.50 for Labor...
...Rudd, whose tightly managed campaign began the moment he became Labor leader last December, has stressed his economic conservatism. Accused of copying government policies, he listed five "fundamental differences": Labor's plans to moderate recent workplace reforms, pump money into health and education, ratify the Kyoto Protocol, and pull troops from Iraq...
...what Rudd, 50, is selling most is change - the NEW LEADERSHIP blazoned on Labor's billboards. "My central appeal is that we need new leadership with fresh ideas," he said. Howard, 68, stressed his government's experience and willingness to act on principle rather than opinion polls. "We don't need old leadership, we don't need new leadership. We need the right leadership," he said. Both leaders are prepared to fight hard - "down to the wire," Rudd said. But as the campaign revs up, it's Mr. New who seems to be in the driver's seat...