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So this is it, huh? This is what I get for being a good citizen. This is what I have to show for my hard work and patriotic pride; for paying my bills, taxes, children’s education, and helping those less fortunate than me. This is what, I, a lucky...
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This is the edited text of the keynote presentation at a conference on education reform in Pakistan hosted by The Citizens Foundation USA in Milpitas, California, on...
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This has sent shock waves within the opposition and many Zimbabweans. Mugabe assigned 30 of the 31 ministries – 15 for his Zanu PF party, 13 for Tsvangirai’s MDC...
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In his latest piece on the North Korean issue, Hitoshi Tanaka, formerly Japan’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Prime Minister Koizumi’s chief...
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Negotiations with the DPRK to reverse its nuclear weapon program changed character in 2008 with the bilateral US-DPRK channel overshadowing the 6-party forum. US...
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Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has identified corruption, ethnicism, weak leadership and non-participatory electoral process as the bane of democracy in Africa.
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All I ever wanted to do was help that girl. The money I have spent on her! Ballet, tap, jazz, gymnastics. All those cute little outfits at two hundred bucks a pop. A...
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Three Zimbabweans in Botswana including a woman are facing death sentence as they are accused of first degree murder. They are accused of murdering an Indian before...
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The stock market tanked, unemployment rose and cries grew forceful against Mexican immigrants.
It was 1930.
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She remembers the spot in the hallway where her father said, “They shot me,” then fell into the arms of his wife.
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Pima County has approved a grant of $25,000 to help a pro-illegal group maintain emergency water stations in the Sonoran Desert outside Tucson.
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Argentina wants an urgent meeting with Brazil and the other Mercosur country members in order to coordinate positions which would help address the impact of the current...
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When U.S. law enforcement officials last month busted a Mexican drug cartel moving tons of dope and millions of dollars, they announced it in Atlanta.
The distribution...
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We’ve been looking forward to Dead Space for quite a long time now, and I had the entirely terrible task of spending most of last night and today playing the...
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In a separate incident, Miguel Angel Villagomez, the editor and publisher of La Noticia, a daily newspaper in the state of Michoacan, was found dead Friday morning with...
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Things have gotten so bad in Mexico that they are looking to the United States for answers.
It seems that Barack Obama is not only leading in the polls here at home,...
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SO closely linked are the problems of insurgency and drug trafficking in Afghanistan that it is no surprise that Nato has extended its mandate to crush the narcotics...
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Eighteen years ago, Rashin Soodmand’s father was hanged in Iran for converting to Christianity. Now her brother is in a Mashad jail, and expects to be executed...
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Like many Brazilian immigrants who send money home, Alex Vidal pays close attention to the exchange rate between the dollar and Brazil’s currency, for it is one...
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Seven years after 9/11, we witness another, greater and even more enjoyable collapse, that of the American financial pyramid. It took some twenty years in building; its...
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I think I am probably going to die any minute now. An inflamed, deceived mob of about 50 desperate men are crowding round the car, some trying to turn it over, others...
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Fear of the government in some communities after the Sept. 11 attacks and years of debate over immigration policy could create problems in getting an accurate count of...
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AP, New York
Fear swept across the financial markets Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down as much as 705 points, after the financial bailout package failed the House.
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AP, Nashville
As anxiety on Wall Street led banks and other investors to hoard cash last week, a different kind of market fear gripped cities across the Southeast.
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Run! Run!! Bomb scare!! These words caught mine and my husband’s attention on Saturday. Shopping peacefully and enjoying every moment of it at Lajpat Nagar market, we...
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AP, Chamblee
Fear rippled through a group of Latino parents in suburban Atlanta when a friend was deported to Mexico and temporarily separated from her two young U.S.-born children....
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Seems there would be little of horror this fall. So much was confirmed at GC 2008 as Project Origin was delayed to 2009. The game, which was earlier expected to be...
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AP, Zugdidi
At one end of the Black Sea coast of Georgia was an ordinary day at the beach _ bathers sauntering to the water, adults with towels and umbrellas, children trailing...
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Based on this data, the scientists found that humans make split-second judgments on faces on two major measures — whether the person should be approached or...
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No Internet. Anywhere in the world. Sounds nightmarish? If the results of a survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, London, which...
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Ever since Obama started beating Hilary in the primaries, fear has been raised about him. Now that he is going head to head with John McCain, the fears have only...
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AP, Phnom Penh
The landslide election victory of Cambodia’s ruling party puts the country under one party-rule and risks damaging its fragile democracy, rights groups said...
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AP, Phnom Penh
The landslide election victory of Cambodia’s ruling party puts the country under one party-rule and risks damaging its fragile democracy, rights groups said...
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An entertainment channel started last week a show hosting by Bollywood Dare-devil ‘Akshya Kumar’ with thirteen hot and sexy girls.
o Nethra...
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Scientists in the United States have identified brain cells linked to fear, paving the way for a more effective treatment of post-traumatic stress and other anxiety...
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Fear. Thats the shadow many South Africans live in everyday. So many brutal killings and rapes, then there are muggings and hijackings. I’ve been mugged twice in...
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AP, Los Angeles
Hanging suspended from the ceiling all night long might not appeal to your average actor. But the feat was freaky fun for Jesse Plemons, who stars in NBC’s new...
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AP, Washington
Fear among Federal Reserve policymakers about a deep recession drove last month’s vote to again cut a key interest rate.According to minutes of a March Fed...
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AP, New York
The gloomiest outlook for the economy in 35 years may be forcing Americans to live with what they have and save up for what they want.Lynda Nicely has been living in a...
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AP, Washington
Fear of an audit is only one factor behind most people’s belief that they should pay their fair share of taxes, according to a survey by the IRS Oversight...
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A sign announcing that a filling station is out of gas is displayed in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 19, 2008. Pipelines supplying Nashville with gasoline were running at full capacity after a shortage that officials said was spurred by panic buying. The...
