2009
It has to be built
March 28, 2009Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman recently opined in his New York Times column that the about-to-be-released Obama plan to resuscitate a financial system on life support “is more than disappointing. In fact, it fills me...
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Call for humanitarian signal on Cuba
March 28, 2009On April 10, family members of the Cuban Five will again apply for U.S. visas. For Adriana Perez, it will be the 10th time she tries to obtain a visa to see her husband, Gerardo Hernandez,...
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WORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba
March 27, 2009India: New left electoral coalition formed Before general elections starting April 16, nine left parties met March 15 to shape a coalition to oppose both the centrist alliance headed by the Congress Party, in power since...
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Northern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles
March 27, 2009BELFAST, N. Ireland — Several thousand Catholics and Protestants united in a silent protest here after last month’s killing of two soldiers and a policeman two days later. Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men...
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NE health summit: Hundreds demand reform
March 27, 2009BURLINGTON, Vt. — Two different groups of people gathered here March 17 to talk about solving the health care crisis. Inside the Davis Center at the University of Vermont were some 400 people invited to the...
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