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India for new initiatives with ASEAN on eco meltdown

"New Delhi: India will make a strong pitch for new initiatives with ASEAN countries to collectively respond to challenges thrown up by the global economic meltdown and climate change during the two day...

Some Obama promises must wait

"'No Child Left Behind,' Gulf Coast revitalization, immigration on back burner“I’ve got a lot on my plate, and it’s very important for us to sequence these big initiatives in a way where they don’t all...

STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah

" STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah, the new Marathi Entertainment Channel. STAR Pravah aims to capture the essence and cultural depth of the Marathi hinterland through its programming initiatives. The channel will bank on two of its driver...

Pakistan incurred $34.5 bn losses in war against terror: FM

"NEW YORK: Pakistan suffered huge losses, amounting to US $34.5 billion, since 2001 for its role in the war against terror and wants regional ownership of the crisis in a bid to bring peace and stability to the troubled region, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said...

Bailout Nation USA, bailout my climate change too, what can $700bn change? sp...

$ 700 bn how to invest ? Bailout Nation USA, what could $700bn do to remake the planet and create jobs. To refill or fix the Ozone layer by Laser Satellites would cost only $50 bn. What could the program Lighting...

John McCain 2008 Launches New TV Ad: "Pump" rising Pain at the Pump

John McCain 2008 Launches New TV Ad: "Pump" ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new television ad entitled "Pump." The ad highlights Barack Obama's opposition to...

New drive to ban race preferences

Backlash can be hell. "Tensions are running high in the latest affirmative-action battlegrounds. In Arizona, Nebraska, and Colorado, supporters of ballot initiatives that would ban "preferential treatment" are counting up petition signatures – and opponents are...

Privacy concerns quashes 'chronic offender' program

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly disturbing when the rights of Criminals are put first before their Victims, Criminals with over 100 convictions against them are not allowed to be publicly...

Bush Proposes Subprime Mortgage Reforms

" President Bush on Friday outlined ways to help homeowners facing foreclosure — the administration's first effort to deal with an expected wave of defaults fueled by the mortgage crisis. The initiatives, which...

Wealth Gap 'Widest in 40 Years'

"The gap between rich and poor in the UK is as wide as it has been for 40 years, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns. The JRF found that households in already wealthy areas had become "disproportionately" richer compared with society as a whole. But the social policy think...

UPDATED: International Day of Action: Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal ...

Brothers and Sisters of the Fourth World and the Rainbow Nations:This is a critial time in our history of oppossition to colonialist genocide!Support this day of action however you can. Spread the word:...

Aotearoa: National Day of Action: July 14th - Melbourne

"MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Friday 6 July 2007 National Day of Action: Stop the Genocide on Stolen Aboriginal Land A mass community rally will be held in Melbourne on Saturday 14 July, 12:30 pm to voice...

Justices Quash Suit Over Funds For Faith Groups

Justices Quash Suit Over Funds For Faith Groups By William BraniginWashington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 26, 2007; Page A06 The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that federal taxpayers cannot challenge the constitutionality of White House efforts to help religious groups...

Anti-Sweatshop Crusader Rini Chakraborty

"How can garment workers at the dawn of the 21st century still face 19th-century sweatshop conditions? It's disturbing questions like this that drive Rini Chakraborty, 31, Executive Director of California-based Sweatshop Watch, to seek justice for exploited workers in the...

Zimbabwe OKs Mbeki's Mediation (But Not Intervention)

As elections draw closer, Zimbabwe's embattled government has allowed South African President Thabo Mbeki to "mediate" between Mugabe's ruling party and the main opposition group, Movement for Democratic Change....

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