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BARACK OBAMA News, Dec 07, 2011


Stephen Harper and Barack Obama poised to unveil border-security deal
National Post (blog)
By Mark Kennedy and Sheldon Alberts OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama will unveil the details of a much-touted border security deal at the White Housethis afternoon. Sources say the agreement will include measures ...
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National Post (blog)
White House Ups Pressure for Senate Approval of Consumer Bureau Chief
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Laura Meckler The White House continued to press Wednesday for a resistant Senate to confirm President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, insisting that a media blitz and pressure on Republicans might change ...
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Weekly Standard: The President & The Generals
NPR
by Frederick W. Kagan President Barack Obama speaks as US General David Petraeus looks on in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama speaks as US General David Petraeus looks on in the Rose Garden ...
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Republicans slam Obama on Israel, Iran
AFP
WASHINGTON — Republican White House hopefuls slammed US President Barack Obama's policy towards Israel on Wednesday, charging he has undermined its security, set back Middle East peace efforts, and coddled Iran. The embattled Obama "has immeasurably...
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AFP
Obama's Unlikely Setting for Powerful Speech
National Journal
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Time and again, President Obama has overreached. He has demanded prime-time television cameras, commanded congressional audiences, and commandeered the historic trappings of the White House for speeches that, ...
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President Obama, three Republicans qualify for state's presidential...
NOLA.com
By Ed Anderson, The Times-Picayune BATON ROUGE -- PresidentBarack Obama and three Republicans who want to move him out of the White House signed up today to compete in the state's March 24 presidential preferential primary. Susan Walsh, The Associated ...
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NOLA.com
US launching Energy-Jobs Plan
Manila Bulletin
The program, first announced in February, was to be launched Friday by Obamaand former President Bill Clinton. It is the latest White House effort to boost job creation via the President's executive powers, while the Republican-dominated Congress ...
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Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich rises as Iowa Republicans crave attack dog ...
Washington Post
JOHNSTON, Iowa — Newt Gingrich grinned as he pledged to dog PresidentBarack Obama at every turn and from coast to coast next year if he's the Republican nominee. “The White House will be my scheduler, and wherever the president goes, I will show up ...
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Obama Elevates Gay Rights as a Foreign Policy Priority
Voice of America
December 06, 2011 Obama Elevates Gay Rights as a Foreign Policy Priority Dan Robinson | The White House President Barack Obama on Tuesday issued a directive elevating the the rights and treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people abroad ...
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Envoy's anti-Semitism analysis creates new problem for Obama administration ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's ambassador to Belgium has given Republicans heavy fodder for criticism by linking Israeli government policy with rising anti-Jewish sentiment among Europe's Muslims — an argument that has angered Jewish groups ...
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OBAMA'S TAX CUT PONZI SCHEME COVER-UP
The Cypress Times
During a Monday afternoon White House Rose Garden appearance, President Barack Obama lambasted Republican lawmakers in Congress for not joining Democrat lawmakers in approving the extension of payroll tax cuts in 2012 in order to "put more money back ...
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The Cypress Times
Foreign Policy: Should Politicians Trump Generals?
NPR
by Peter D. Feaver US General Martin Dempsey, Admiral James Winnefeld Jr., and General Raymond Odierno listen while President Barack Obama makes a Defense Department staff announcement in the Rose Garden of the White HouseMay 30, 2011 in Washington, ...
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Korn's Jonathan Davis: 'I feel like Barack Obama's an Illuminati puppet'
NME.com
Davis spoke about the lyrics for the track, which deals with the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama is controlled by a secret society and said that he believes that the White House is now "a house of shame". Speaking to Billboard about the track, ...
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NME.com
New Perry ad derides Obama's 'war on religion'
CNN (blog)
... celebrate Christmas or pray in school," says the Texas governor and RepublicanWhite House candidate. "As President, I'll end Obama's war on religion. And I'll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. Faith made America strong....
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Obama commemorates Pearl Harbor anniversary
Xinhua
In a White House statement, Obama commemorated the more than 2, 400 military personnel and civilians who lost their lives in the country's first battle of the Second World War. "Despite overwhelming odds, they fought back heroically, inspiring our ...
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Obama staff to participate in Congressional hearings on homegrown terrorists
Examiner.com
Originally the Obama White House refused to participate in the King-led hearings and did not send witnesses to the earlier King hearings. Some Democrats on King's committee also limited their participation. But on Friday the web site of King's ...
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Aging in office: US presidents often outlive peers
Reuters
President Barack Obama and former president George W. Bush during the inauguration ceremony in Washington, January 20, 2009. By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Judging by their "before" and "after" photographs, US presidents appear to age before ...
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Obama staying afloat politically
San Francisco Chronicle
But both must still reassure independent voters that they are plausible aspresident. Even Americans unhappy with the current occupant of the White House must be sold on an alternative. Romney, who shares some of Obama'simperturbability, ...
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Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison
BBC News
As governor, he was tasked under law with appointing someone to fill the Senate seat left vacant when Mr Obama won election to theWhite House. In FBI wire taps, Blagojevich was heard describing the Senate appointment as a "golden" opportunity. ...
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BBC News
Nato commander in Afghanistan pushes for year pause in troop drawdown
Telegraph.co.uk
The senior Nato commander in Afghanistan is pushing for a year-long pause in the drawdown of American troops from the country, risking a confrontation with the White House. By Ben Farmer, Kabul Gen John Allen is opposing Barack Obama's strategy of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Barack Obama admits crush on Meryl Streep
Hindustan Times
Barack Obama revealed his secret crush on Meryl Streep at an awards function at the White House. Kennedy Centre Honours' awards programme honoured singers Neil Diamond and Barbara Cook, jazz great Sonny Rollins, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. had a crush on her ...
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Hindustan Times
About this blog
Washington Post (blog)
Obama's claim of the “slowest job growth,” in fact, includes the loss of jobs under his administration. The White House provided as evidence a report on a New York Times blog that was based on gross domestic product data through 2010, or the first two ...
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Chapman presidential forecast puts Obama between rock and hard place
Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
(Photo by Pete Souza/The White House) By WIRE SERVICES ORANGE — Regardless of who the GOP nominates to challenge President Barack Obamanext year, he will lose if the economy does not improve significantly, along with the president's approval ratings, ...
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US shows little interest in Harper's state visit
CTV.ca
Stephen Harper will meet US President Barack Obama at theWhite House Wednesday afternoon, but there's no pomp and ceremony planned – no state dinner and apparently no photo op in the Oval Office. As well, a search of two major US newspapers - The New ...
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CTV.ca
Republicans block Obama nominee for US judgeship
Vancouver Sun
By David Ingram and Thomas Ferraro, Reuters December 6, 2011 PresidentBarack Obama makes a statement from the briefing room of the White House in Washington December 5, 2011. US Senate Republicans Tuesday blockedObama's nominee for a judgeship on a ...
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President Obama's Magical Guilt Clock Will Save the Middle Class ...
By Jess Dweck
Also running on the White House website, the clock is part of President Obama'seffort to pressure congressional Republicans into backing an extension of the payroll tax cut. "What this clock dramatizes is that there isn't a lot of time and that...
Indecision Forever | Political...
Remarks by the President on the Economy in ... - The White House
By The White House
WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White Househistory, ...
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Barack Obama says middle class at 'make or break moment' | News ...
By Associated Press
Obama is pressuring Congress to support an extension of a payroll tax cut that theWhite House says will give a $1000 tax cut to a typical family earning $50000 a year. The president is coupling that with efforts to renew a program of extended ...
News One
Live Wire | President Obama Visits Kansas | Liveblog live blogging
President Obama Visits Kansas. Live Updates From President Obama's Trip To Osawatomie, Kansas. by Brian Foster - KMBC.com on Dec 6, 2011 at 1:08 PM. President Barack Obama visited Kansas and Missouri on Tuesday to give a speech on the economy. The President arrived at Kansas City ... by whitehouse via twitter 12/5/2011 5:57:09 PM. RT @jesseclee44: 1:30: Obama at .... Watch @ 2ET & share a video response @YouTube: ow.ly. by whitehouse via twitter 12/6/2011 ...
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O'Reilly: Will Obama reach out to blacks by going on 'Soul Train ...
By David Edwards
Fox News host Bill O'Reilly wondered Tuesday if President Barack Obama was going appeal to African Americans by making an appearance on Soul Train, a musical variety show that hasn't been on the air since early 2006. “There's an ...They have summarized the president's agenda in a 44-page report on the White House website, and are targeting black lawmakers and staff with an electronic newsletter. ... Watch this video from Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, broadcast Dec. ...
The Raw Story
Press release hoaxer targets SEIU, Obama | Tales from the Trail
By Patricia Zengerle
Someone is unhappy with President Barack Obama, but it isn't the Service Employees International Union. ... Press release hoaxer targets SEIU, Obama. Dec 7, 2011 11:04 EST ... Patricia Zengerle is a White House Correspondent at Reuters. ...
Tales from the Trail
News from the Illinois Channel: President Barack Obama on the ...
By Illinois Channel
News from the Illinois Channel. Wednesday, December 7, 2011. President Barack Obama on the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor. from the White House, Dec 7, 2011 ... VIDEO: Cong Aaron Schock (R-IL) on MSNBC on Transp....
News from the Illinois Channel
Video: Young Jeezy Speaks On Critics Of “My President Is Black ...
By Nigel D.
[avatar] Profile. 12.06.11 at 7:02 pm. Drakerovoxo. There's nothing really inspirational about this dude for the president to extend a hand, let's be real now. A lot of white people would love for Obama to have the snowman in the white house...
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President Obama: "In America, We Are Greater ... - The White House
By Matt Compton
Members of the audience listen as President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Osawatomie High School in Osawatomie, Kansas, Dec. 6, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza). More than a century after Teddy Roosevelt outlined...
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From Obama's Pandora's Box: Sodomy and ... - ARRA News Service
By Bill Smith
Obama's Pandora's Box ... Yesterday, during a White House press conference, Jay Carney was caught off guard when a reporter for WorldNetDaily.com asked for the President's opinion on overturning the military's bestiality ban. ...
ARRA News Service
Video - Press Briefing | The White House
This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and... Watch the Enhanced Video ... President Obama greets White House visitors...
www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/.../press-briefing
President Obama honors Kauai girl at White House - Hawaii News ...
President Barack Obama honored a young woman from Kauai at the WhiteHouse on Thursday. Desiree Vea, of ... Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNLPresident Obama honors Kauai girl at White House. Member ... Send us photos & video ...
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/.../president-obama-honors-kauai-g...
WHITE HOUSE: PRESIDENT OBAMA, MALIA & SASHA PARDON ...
Posted in WHITE HOUSE Tagged barack obama, malia obama, sasha obama... ABC News Specials: President Obama: All U.S. Troops Out of Iraq by . ...OBAMA, MALIA & SASHA PARDON NATIONAL THANKSGIVING TURKEY +VIDEO ...
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Video: Barack Obama volunteers at Thanksgiving food bank ...
The US President Barack Obama and his family hand out food at a local Food Bank on ... about 30 million pounds of food per year, according to the WhiteHouse. ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/8911882/ Barack- ...
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Obama Leaves God out of Thanksgiving Speech, Riles ... - ABC News
23, 2011, on the North Portico of the White House in Washington. (Mandel Ngan/ AFP/Getty Images). Critics of President Obama felt little holiday cheer after the...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-omits-god...riles.../story?id...
Obama hosting EU leaders in White House summit - Yahoo! News
News: President Barack Obama is hosting European Union leaders for a summit... Obama will meet at the White House with European Council President Herman Van ... video. No more kisses for Oscar Wilde's tomb · Britney Spears slideshow...
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White House Denies Targeting Swing States In Obama ... - Fox News
The White House on Monday rejected charges that President Obama is traveling... Fox News/Fox Business (Article Page: Fox News/SBC/Latino/Fox Business) ...
www.foxnews.com/.../obama-swing-state-visits-surpass-george...
Obama tells EU to take decisive action on debt | Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed European Union ...their sovereign debt crisis, which the White House said was weighing on. ...MuniLand: Foreigners want U.S.'s public assets · Video: GOP paints itself into a... and has the capacity and the resources to solve it," he said at a newsconference. ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-usa-europe-obama-idUSTRE7AR0922...
White House makes its case to black voters
Stung by summertime allegations that they neglected their bedrock African-American constituency, the White House and President Barack Obama'sreelection ...
www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/69752.html
Obama steps up defense on his American faith amid GOP presidential ...
WASHINGTON — Republican Mitt Romney accuses President Barack Obama of considering ... To other GOP politicians running for the White House, Obama has...
www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQA4UNYRO_story.html?...
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AL JAZEERA News, Dec 07, 2011


Drones: A deeply unsettling future
Aljazeera.com
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy. At least 50 countries already have unmanned aerial fleets - and that number is rising every.
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ABC World News, Dec 07, 2011

Assad on ABC
Huffington Post (blog)
... world pictures of the uniformed Commander-in-Chief, Bashar Al- Assad, who, by the way, never served in the Syrian Army... Here is my explanation: Bashar Assad used ABC in order to talk to the Hague International Court, starting his defense case. ...
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TASMANIA Summer News, Dec 07, 2011


Ponting targets century in Tasmania
ESPNcricinfo.com
This time last summer he was the leader and No. 3. Now he bats at second drop, behind one of Australia's most inexperienced top orders of all time: David Warner (one Test), Phillip Hughes (16) and Usman Khawaja (five). The captaincy has passed to ...
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ESPNcricinfo.com
Sydney's coldest start to summer in 50 years
Sydney Morning Herald
Meteorologists blame cold winds, sweeping up from near Tasmania, for the unseasonable weather. Today's forecast temperature of 18 degrees is seven below the average for this time of year. The additional chill brought by projected 30-40km/h winds will ...
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Runners revel in Webber race
Tasmania Mercury
They hope for better conditions for next year's event when Webber believes he might be able to lure F1 colleague and UK mate Jenson Button to Tasmania to take part. A week after winning the Brazilian GP, Webber said he was not out to win his own race. ...
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Champion home for summer
Tasmania Mercury
With the world championship decided, and the European summer circuit over, it's time for a break. "This time of year, December and January, I can come back to Hobart and have some down time," he said. "Next year the plan is to try and defend our world ...
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Cold snap to last all weekend
Sydney Morning Herald
Melburnians had their coldest start to summer in 15 years yesterday because of a cold wind from the Southern Ocean. A senior forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology, Scott Williams, said south-eastern Australia - including Victoria and Tasmania - was ...
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HOW A CLOWN PRINCE HAD THE LAST LAUGH
Express.co.uk
“That will be a challenge considering the team they have got.” Whether Bresnan will still be laughing at the end of the summer only time will tell, but this is one cricketer who certainly won't be clowning around any time soon.
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Mitchell Starc keen to lock Mitchell Johnson out of Test team
Herald Sun
And the Black Caps should know Starc has form at Bellerive, ripping through Tasmania for the Blues, returning match figures of 6-119 in March 2010. "I played a four-day game here where I took six for the game and a Twenty20 where I got hit around a bit ...
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Captain's call to arms
Tasmania Mercury
"Back then the people heading down to Antarctica were not as celebrated as they are today, in fact they received a lot of criticism," Watson told an audience at the University of Tasmania's art school on Friday night. "Whenever you do anything in the ...
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Wharf shed plans revealed
Tasmania Mercury
The Antarctic and cruise ship hub should be built in time for the 2012-13 summerseason, Tasports chief executive Paul Weedon said. He said the modern design would retain the historic foundations of the shed. "The design does not alter the historic or ...
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Tasmania Mercury
Bracewell tackles problem
Stuff.co.nz
As they did after a poor ODI performance against Pakistan in Hamilton last summer, senior players kicked management out of the dressing room and it was time for some home truths. Everyone got a chance to have their say about what went wrong. ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Pattinson destroys Black Caps
Back Page Lead
The less said about the attempted catching, the better. Australia's second pre-India tune-up begins in Hobart on Friday. Mickey Arthur will be hoping New Zealand brings its 'A' game to Tasmania or risk his side being undercooked for the summer's main ...
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New-look Australia revel in their journey of discovery
The Guardian (blog)
They must be favourites to complete a 2-0 series win against New Zealand inTasmania this weekend before turning their attention to four Tests against India, starting in Melbourne on Boxing Day, which could produce the most intriguing cricket of the ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Science and communication in the information age
ABC Online
The Overland Telegraph project suffered a narrow escape in the Northern Territory when the monsoon descended during the summer months of 1871 and 1872, flooding the Katherine and threatening to isolate Todd's crews. The inundation which ensued posed a ...
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Aussie cricket's green machine
Herald Sun
But there are plenty of other laggards, with only tiny Tasmania able to claim it is also punching above its weight given a population a tenth the size of Melbourne. Of the 18 players to score 5000 runs or more for Australia, nine are originally from ...
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Cummins warned against IPL cash
The Australian
He has only played two five-day matches, last season's Sheffield Shield final for NSW againstTasmania and the Johannesburg Test and broke down after both of them. Admittedly, Cricket NSW chief executive Dave Gilbert, himself a former Australia paceman ...
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Ric Finlay: The man behind the numbers
ABC Online
Every summer he meticulously kept score in the ABC cricket book - his home library includes every one printed, including the first edition in 1934. His first gig for the ABC was a tour match betweenTasmania and Pakistan at Hobart's TCA Ground in 1983. ...
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Reprimanded Katich still blames Clarke
The Age
Having bypassed NSW's one-day clash against Tasmania on Sunday to prepare for the hearing, he will resume today against the Tigers in their Sheffield Shield match in Canberra. Katich, 36, said he and Clarke could continue to co-exist in the same team...
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The Age
Aussie Holiday Boost With No Leave No Life to Return to TV Screens
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We have high quality food and wine; some of the planet's leading luxury lodges in Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island and Tasmania's Saffire Freycinet, Qualia in the Whitsundays and Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa in the Blue Mountains, just to name a ...
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Going against the elements
Business Times (subscription)
While Boxing Day is associated with images of snow in the minds of many Singaporeans, that is when the Rolex Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race begins at Sydney Harbour at the peak ofsummertime in Australia. A flight from Sydney to Hobart would take all of a ...
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Vics hoping for 'off' Bulls
Sportal.com.au
Losses to Western Australia and Tasmania in their two first-class outings there this season have been particularly disappointing. The Warriors chased down a whopping 362 in the first instance and the Tigers bowled Victoria out for a paltry 94 last week ...
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Horses With Arthritis Can Benefit From Eating Hawthorn
HorseYard (blog)
Flowering tops (leaves and flowers)are harvested in late spring and the berries are gathered in latesummer and early autumn.The optimum time for harvesting the tops is only about a week so you need to be vigilant toget the correct time. ...
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