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Swine flu cases appear in Egypt, Kuwait, UAE
May 26, 2009DUBAI, 25 May 2009 (IRIN) - Confirmed cases of A(H1N1) influenza, commonly known as swine flu, have been reported in new countries in the Middle East. Hitherto only Israel had reported cases of the new influenza...
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Women created Memorial Day
May 26, 2009Original source: (WOMENSENEWS)--Much of women's history is missing from our public story. One more example; women were almost entirely responsible for the recognition of Memorial Day. Its origin was the Civil War and until recently, the...
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Memorial Day: You cant see change when its happening
May 26, 2009Out walking with my dog this morning, down the street from the local Catholic college, we passed a couple of yards strewn with blue plastic beer cups, left over from a night of graduation celebrations. A...
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Remember Sgt. Provost and other soldiers Memorial Day 2009
May 25, 2009Just in time for Memorial Day, I took out the medals won by Roland Francis Provost for “combat valor” in World War II, pinned them to the flag draped over his casket and hung it up...
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Class prejudice and Ireland’s report on child abuse
May 25, 2009Last week Ireland's Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse released a 2,575-page report detailing horrific conditions tens of thousands of children faced in Catholic-run institutions with government collaboration. The report chronicles 'endemic and repeated' sexual, physical...
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