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The painful cost of breed standards: mutilation vs. cosmetics
March 24, 2009Legislatures in Pennsylvania and Illinois are considering bills that would reduce or eliminate what animal welfare advocates call mutilations, and what breeders and American Kennel Club (AKC) call “breed standards.” Because dogs are considered by state...
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Chicago Archbishop calls for immigration reform
March 24, 2009CHICAGO – Speaking at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Albany Park here, Archbishop Cardinal Francis George called on President Obama to put a stop to deportation raids and to pass fair and compassionate comprehensive immigration...
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Visas requested for families of the Cuban Five
March 24, 2009Original source: On April 10, family members of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States have an appointment in the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, to request their visas. This will be the tenth...
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World Notes: India, Iraq, Turkey, Haiti and Cuba
March 24, 2009India: New left electoral coalition is formed Iraq: Marshland crisis continues Southern Africa: Trade talks contentious Haiti: Aristide party fights for election participation Cuba: Bonds tightened with Central America
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Teachers strike over non-pay
March 24, 2009BISSAU (IRIN) -- Intermittent teacher strikes that have disrupted the school year since October 2008 are on again as most of the country’s teachers went on strike on 19 March over salary arrears, according to the...
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