World
The Black president Colombia forgot
March 26, 2009At the end of the 19th century, Jose Nieto Gil was president of Colombia. And yet, you won't find him in a single history book. Why? Presumably because he was black.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales to address UN on Mother Earth Day
March 25, 2009“We hope that this new century is the century of the rights of mother earth.” Pablo Solon, ambassador to the UN from the South America nation of Bolivia met with fifty-plus community and labor activists at...
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US ‘struggling to exit Afghanistan’
March 25, 2009President Barack Obama has indicated that his administration is struggling to cook up a coherent 'exit strategy' in Afghanistan. In a televised interview aired on Sunday, Mr Obama said: 'There's got to be an exit strategy...
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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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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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