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  • Reactions from Ghana on Obama visit

    Reactions from Ghana on Obama visit

    July 19, 2009

    ACCRA, Ghana -- Nearly one week after President Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana, a sense of excitement and expectation remains in the air here. This past Monday, July 13, a day after Obama’s weekend visit, the...

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  • Homelessness increases among families

    Homelessness increases among families

    July 19, 2009

    Original source: The number of homeless families who spend some time in a shelter increased by 9 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) annual report on...

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  • Texas unemployment offices break down

    Texas unemployment offices break down

    July 19, 2009

    Unprecedented unemployment and political posturing by Governor Rick Perry have forced the Texas Workforce Commmission into a complete breakdown. There were warnings from the Texas AFL-CIO more than a month ago, but the corporate media reported...

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  • COMMENTARY The mentality of marginalization

    COMMENTARY The mentality of marginalization

    July 19, 2009 By Sam Webb

    Because of McCarthyism, the Cold War, the long economic expansion following WW II, and a resistence to think anew, the Left has been on the edges of politics for more than a half century. During this...

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  • Couple covered by over 10,000 bees

    Couple covered by over 10,000 bees

    July 19, 2009 By Xinhua News Agency

    (Xinhua) The couple of beekeepers Li Wenhua (C, front) and Yan Hongxia, are enshrouded with over 10,000 bees, by using the queen bee as a bait, to showcase their familiarity and intimacy with the bee and...

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