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Sep 18, 2011

CANADA News, Sep 18, 2011


Canadian women end losing streak against US
Globe and Mail
Melissa Tancredi cancelled out Abby Wambach's penalty with a goal just before halftime Saturday as Canada salvaged a 1-1 draw with the powerhouse United States. The friendly match was the first for Canada following a disastrous Women's World Cup this ...
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Globe and Mail
Canada in unfamiliar territory at Davis Cup
National Post (blog)
RAMAT HASHARON, Israel — Canada's Davis Cup tennis team moved to within a single victory of advancing to the World Group for 2012. On Saturday, Canada took a crucial doubles match against Israel in the Davis Cup playoff tie in Israel. ...
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MP in email scandal fits profile of spy target: expert
CTV.ca
Let's accept the fact that state sponsored espionage, military and industrial of which China is a master, is rampant in Canada and throughou the world. It's always been the case, so let's just be cautious and realistic. ...
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CTV.ca
'The hurting must stop'
Calgary Herald
Today marks the 31st annual Terry Fox Run being held at run sites in Calgary - as well as throughoutCanada and around the world - to keep alive Terry's dream of beating cancer. Thirty-one years is not usually a milestone anniversary, but this year is ...
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Can we get bilingual harmony?
Allentown Morning Call
People who spend time in Canada and who attend many professional ice hockey games get puzzled by one anomaly. Generally, Canadians seem much more relaxed, gentle and affable than Americans, so how do they grow so many ferocious and irascible hockey ...
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Rees: France to provide tough test for Canada tonight on TSN
TSN
Watch France face Canada live tonight on TSN and TSN Mobile at 4am et/1am pt. France possess power to match anyone, they defend maniacally when they set their minds to it and of course they have the 'French Flair'. It comes from endless hours of play ...
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Canada oil sands' "ethical" rebrand
Al Jazeera
As thousands of people descend on Washington DC to protest against a proposed pipeline to transport oil from the Canada to US refineries, a campaign to rebrand the Alberta oil sands is creating controversy. Many are alleging the advertising is merely ...
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Canada's Flaherty Offers Support For Geithner On European Bank Action
Wall Street Journal
By Caroline Van Hasselt TORONTO (Dow Jones)--Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reiterated Saturday his support for US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's call for increased capital infusions into the European banking system. ...
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Air Canada, clock ticking... no deal in sight yet
MarketWatch (press release)
The Air Canada flight attendants are emergency specialists whose primary role is to ensure safety of over 100000 passengers who travel each day in Canada and around the world. In total, CUPE represents nearly 9500 members in air transport, ...
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Canada in an RV
Telegraph.co.uk
Concerns about taking his young family camping in black bear country soon faded once David Williams set off along Canada's exhilarating Atlantic coast. By David Williams "You are in black bear country. On cycling and walking trails, sing or ring your...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Canada announces athletes for Parapan American Games
TSN
Canada's Chef de Mission is Rob Needham (CPC's Executive Director, Sport) and Assistant Chef de Mission is Jennifer Larson (CPC's Director of Sport). "The Parapan American Games represent a crucial stage in the athlete development pathway, ...
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Two NBers named to Order of Canada
Times and Transcript
by jennifer campbell OTTAWA - Two prominent New Brunswickers were among the 45 Canadians who received the Order of Canada in a ceremony at Rideau Hall yesterday. Marc Chouinard, left, general manager of the Capitol Theatre, is awarded the rank of ...
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The chilling reality of sex tourism
Vancouver Sun
By Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun September 17, 2011 It seems Canada is exotic enough and safe enough that sex tourists are willing to risk travelling here on the promise that a child is ready and willing to serve their every need. ...
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Dog the Bounty Hunter takes aim at Quaids
The Province
By Kent Spencer, The Province September 17, 2011 9:00 PM Hollywood actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, fled to Canada a year ago to give the slip to the "star whackers" they bizarrely claim are out to kill them, but now it appears someone really is ...
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Crown Prince pays courtesy call on David Johnston, Governor General of Canada
Borneo Bulletin
His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office made a courtesy call on David Johnston, Governor General of Canada at the Government House, Ottawa, Canada on Friday. ...
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Borneo Bulletin
HSI/Canada Assists Government With Rescue of More Than 400 Neglected Dogs in ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Humane Society International/Canada in partnership with the Ministere de l'Agriculture, des Pecheries et de l'Alimentation du Quebec and local law enforcement rescued more than 400 dogs and puppies from a large-scale commercial breeding facility in ...
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Greenpeace back in Vancouver for 40th birthday
Reuters
By Greg Joyce VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Greenpeace celebrated its 40th anniversary in the city of its birth on Saturday with a workshop on civil disobedience and a plea toCanada to better protect the environment. ...
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Dolgeville 14, West Canada 7
Syracuse.com
The undefeated Blue Devils took advantage of two second quarter touchdowns and held off WestCanada in a Class D East contest. The victory keeps Dolgeville tied with Westmoreland in the league. The two teams aren't scheduled to meet in the last week of ...
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OUT-OF-TOWN AUTHORS: Guy Vanderhaeghe A Good GUY
Winnipeg Free Press
His novel The Last Crossing was selected for the 2004 edition of Canada Reads. Vanderhaeghe has written a new 'Western Epic': A Good Man. He'll be launching it Friday as a part of the Thin Air: Winnipeg International Writers Festival. ...
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North Korean refugees on the rise in Canada
Toronto Sun
(VERONICA HENRI/Toronto Sun) About 175 North Korean defectors have fled the Communist regime of leader Kim Jong-il and are helped by aid groups to travel to Canada to file refugee claims, immigration statistics show. But Canadian security officials ...
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Air race crash unlikely to happen in Canada: analyst
CTV.ca
(AP / The Reno Gazette-Journal, Liz Margerum) An air show crash near Reno, Nevada that left the pilot of a vintage fighter plane and eight spectators dead and dozens injured is unlikely to occur in Canada because of safety measures taken by event ...
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CTV.ca
Mistake costs UVic women
Victoria Times Colonist
By Ron Rauch, Times Colonist September 17, 2011 9:00 PM UVic's Gavin Barrett, bottom, gets buried by University of Alberta keeper Jay Vetsch, and Tyrin Hutchings, 24, during a Canada West men's soccer game at Centennial Stadium Saturday. ...
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Tycoon's lifeline to Canada island prompts dissent
BBC News
By Brandy Yanchyk Fogo Island Zita Cobb, a multimillionaire in the high tech industry, has returned to her remote childhood island home off Newfoundland to save its endangered rural community from extinction. Fogo Island was once driven by the cod...
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BBC News
The Nation's Weather
NECN
In the Plains, a low pressure system moving through Canada creates a strong trough that will extend into the Southern Plains. Expect this system to trigger widespread scattered showers and thunderstorms from the Dakotas and Upper Midwest to Texas. ...
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Cover Me Canada puts young talent to the test
CBC.ca
Beginning of Story Content Cover Me Canada host Nicole Appleton says she'll be identifying with each of the eight contestants of the TV talent competition as they take to the stage Sunday night. The former singer with the All Saints says she knows all ...
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Canadians losing faith in religion
Victoria Times Colonist
By Teresa Smith, Postmedia News September 17, 2011 9:00 PM Like many other organized religions, the Catholic Church, led by Pope Benedict XVI, has been losing followers in Canadabecause it has been at the centre of negative attention over issues such ...
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Government of Canada takes action on child road and traffic safety
Auto123
Researchers will be tackling the issue of traffic and road injuries in Canadian children thanks to a new significant investment by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State, Science and Technology, made the announcement...
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Auto123
Melt Ponds And Streams Cover Massive Petermann Ice Island A
iWeather Online
By Mark Dunphy - Sat Sep 17, 7:38 pm After more than a year and several thousand kilometers of sailing the seas, Petermann Ice Island is still drifting in the North Atlantic off the shores of Newfoundland, Canada. Once a hunk of ice fives times the ...
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iWeather Online
Daylon Magician Magical In Million-Dollar CTC
Standardbred Canada
Hometown favourite Daylon Magician turned in a magicial 1:53 winning performance for his connections in the $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic for three-year-old trotters on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn (George ...
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Standardbred Canada
Canada commits to $67 million in Arctic research funding
Alaska Dispatch
Industry Minister Christian Paradis said the money would keep ArcticNet, a Canada-wide network of mostly university-based researchers, operating through 2018. The 145 investigators run projects looking at topics as diverse as Inuit access to ...
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Alaska Dispatch
Canada ozone-monitoring cuts spark worry
UPI.com
17 (UPI) -- International scientists say they're worried Environment Canada apparently plans to shut down two programs considered vital to measuring the ozone layer. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports cutbacks in the governmental environment ...
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Canada News Centre - Government of Canada supports ...
Canadians with disabilities in Niagara Falls and surrounding areas will benefit from a fully accessible nature centre at Heartland Forest Nature Experience, as a result of funding from the Government ofCanada's Enabling Accessibility Fund.
Canada News Centre - National News
NoisyRoom.net » Blog Archive » Sun News in Canada With ...
By TMH
Sun News in Canada With Excellent Discussion on Imam Rauf and Sharia Law · Roskam: Focus on jobs not 'Washington's busy work,' regulations · Can You Smell That Smell? More Footage on the Reno Airshow Crash · Air Show Crash in ...
NoisyRoom.net
Canada Post Foundation grants $2.1 million to ... - World Stamp News
By aaron
The Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health awarded grants totalling $2.1 million to 47 non-profit community groups that help Canadians living with mental illness. Since the Foundation was created in 2008, Canada Post has delivered ...
World Stamp News
More than 400 neglected dogs rescued from facility | Canada | News ...
More than 400 dogs and puppies were rescued from a large-scale commercial breeding facility in Outaouais, Que., early Saturday afternoon.
London Free Press
Ryan Gosling Talks Canada On 'American Talk: Canadian Edition ...
By The Huffington Post News Team
Ryan Gosling may have lost his Canadian accent over the years, but the actor who hails from Cornwall, Ontario is still a very proud Canadian. The 30-year-old has been making the rounds promoting h... Related News On Huffington Post: ...
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Canada: Continued growth and a new executive team at Mitsubishi ...
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Education News » Secret truth behind Canada's baby market
By Staff Reporter EducationViews
Recent cases of unforeseen consequences and the increasing discomfort in some quarters about the commercialization of making babies — legally banned in Canada — are highlighting the grey areas of surrogacy, a practice dating back to ...
Education News
GotPoetry.com > > Canada- You Could Become A Poet In Your Own ...
Kingston's inaugural Poet Laureate, Eric Folsom, welcomes his friends and colleagues - David Helwig, Joanne Page, Carolyn Smart and Daniel David Moses will read selections of their works and encourage the audience to write their own ...
GotPoetry.com News
Catholic Church struggling to survive in Canada
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The OSA News Bulletin » Canada Women Face USA In Kansas City ...
By Administrator
KANSAS CITY, KS, U.S.A. – Canada will a face familiar foe this Saturday 17 July when it faces USA in a Women's International Friendly match in Kansas City, KS. The two CONCACAF rivals will meet at Livestrong Sporting Park for at 18.00 ...
The OSA News Bulletin
Alberta businessman kidnapped | Canada | News | Winnipeg Sun
Mounties are on the hunt for a gun-toting kidnapper after a Ponoka, Alta., man was snatched from his home by a masked-man demanding $300000 in cash.
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Watch Canada vs France Live Streaming Rugby World Cup | WPscoop
By noorjahan
Watch Rugby World Cup 2011 Canada vs France Live Streaming Match Live Online. Canada vs France match is the 18th match of the IRB Rugby World Cup 2011 which will be kicking off at September 19th 2011,McLean Park, Napier.
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dailygleaner.com - That's a lot of fillings - Breaking News, New ...
A visitor touches a 220-kilogram gold bar, worth around $12.8 million at Friday's price, on display at the Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park in Xinbei city Friday.
Business
News Article – Faculty of Physical Education ... - Canada's Mountains
By admin
News Article – Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation … 17 September. Conrad Kain, an Austrian mountain guide, was one of Canada's most noted guides and the first to summit Mt. Robson. Photo courtesy of the Whyte Museum of … ...
Canada's Mountains
MILNEWS.ca News Highlights – 17 Sept 11 « MILNEWS.ca Blog
By milnewsca
Libya Mission (3) What the Liberals want: “While the future of Libya must be decided by the Libyans themselves, Canada must not miss an opportunity to play a proactive and constructive role in offering support to the Libyan people during this ...
MILNEWS.ca Blog
Coroner's Jury Makes 13 Recommendations in Jackson Death ...
By Opinion 250 - News for Northern and Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada
Opinion250.com is News, Weather and Opinions for Prince George, B.C. and Northern and Central Interior of British Columbia, including Quesnel, Fort St. John, Terrace, Houston, Vanderhoof- Fresh Thinking for the 250 area of BC. ... Panel data provided by Madison's Canadian Lumber Reporter. ...
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Canada balks at Buy American provisions - Yahoo! News
Read 'Canada balks at Buy American provisions' on Yahoo! News. Canada plans to fight the Buy American provisions in the new U.S. jobs package proposed ...
news.yahoo.com/canada-balks-buy-american-provisions-1659...
Air Canada flight attendants serve strike notice - News - MSN CA
Air Canada's flight attendants have given their strike notice and could be off the job as early as Wednesday. - Air Canada's flight attendants have gi.
news.ca.msn.com/.../air-canada-flight-attendants-serve-strike-n...
Swissair crash speculation prompts anger, surprise - Canada - CBC ...
Allegations by an investigator who looked into the crash of Swissair Flight 111 near Peggys Cove, N.S., and says that it might have been caused by an ...
www.cbc.ca.14feb-youth.com/news/.../swissair-reaction.html

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AFRICA News, Sep 18, 2011


Ethiopia Police Deny Using Anti-Terror Law to Stifle Dissent
Voice of America
Rona Peligal, deputy Africa director for Human Rights Watch, was quoted as saying the arrests are "just the latest reminder that it is very dangerous to criticize the government in Ethiopia." Related Articles Ethiopian Journalist Named in Wikileaks ...
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Clever old codgers
ABC Online
Calatruce is one of the final stops on William Matasane's week-long good will tour of the Darling Downs, the latest in a series of exchange visits between Australian and South African farmers. LEE MCNICOLL, CONDAMINE CODGERS: I guess it really started ...
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ABC Online
Liberia: Upcoming elections threaten security
GlobalPost
Here Ivory Coast militia look at african masks in a burned out village at Liberia's border with Ivory Coast on April 21, 2011. (Philippe Desmazes /AFP/Getty Images) MONROVIA, Liberia — On a rainy August evening three days before a national referendum, ...
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GlobalPost
Tough times for Zimbos in SA
The Zimbabwean
Zimbabwean migrants, already suffering abuse at the hands of South African police, are at risk of even greater trouble following the recent launch of a Christmas season crime operation. The clampdown, code-named “Operation Duty Calls”, was launched by...
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The Zimbabwean
Amith Maharaj interview
MyBroadband
“On average South African's pay R1,40 per minute, in China that cost is less than 14 cents per minute! Part of the challenge is the high mobile interconnection rates in South Africa. The recent reduction in the interconnect rates has come some way in ...
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MyBroadband
Kuwait Energy optimistic about oil and gas opportunities in Iraq and Egypt
AME Info
He notedthe Middle East and North Africa regionshave immense opportunities to offer. Kuwait Energy is one of the fastest growing independent oil and gas companies in the Middle East, operating in eight countries in the MENA and Eurasia regions. ...
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Iran cmdr. hails Israeli embassy attack
Press TV
A senior Iranian commander has described the recent storming of the Israeli embassy in Cairo by Egyptian protesters as a turning point in the latest developments in the Middle East and North of Africa. “Just as the takeover of the so-called US embassy ...
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Press TV
Libya battle for Kadafi hometown of Surt sees heavy fighting
Los Angeles Times
At another besieged pro-Kadafi town, Bani Walid, fighters loyal to the new government looked to regroup Saturday after being routed Friday in their latest frontal assault on the heavily defended bastion southeast of Tripoli. ...
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Los Angeles Times
RBI's policy and 'leveraged developers'
Business Line
Other RICS regions include UK and Ireland, Latin America, North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), South East Asia and Oceania. Mr Sachin Sandhir, Managing Director RICS South Asia, who earlier headed RICS India, will head the expansion of ...
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Business Line
Mining news summary: Rio Tinto, Scotgold Resources, ECR Minerals, Goldplat ...
Proactive Investors UK
Peer Goldplat (LON:GDP) said gold production reaching record levels at Africa-focused was responsible for a 76 percent increase in its pre-tax profits at the firm during the 12 months to June 30. Goldplat, which this week reported its full year results ...
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Proactive Investors UK
No frills idea that just took off
BusinessLIVE
When British Airways' (BA) Southern African operator Comair launched its low-cost alternative, air travel was an expensive luxury enjoyed by only about 4% of the SA population. Most flights were booked through travel agents and in-flight catering was ...
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BusinessLIVE
Turkey seeks billions in post Arab Spring deals
The National
In recent times these links have accelerated as Turkey has emerged as a rising economic power. Turkish contractors helped to build infrastructure projects such as the Dubai Metro and Cairo's latest airport terminal. The region has also emerged as a key...
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The National
Fast and loose: Sweetheart bank loans spur Rusty Hyneman's financial collapse
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Real estate developer Rusty Hyneman had just closed a multimillion-dollar bank loan he needed to underwrite his latest bonanza along a new freeway. He stood to make millions as businesses and homes sprouted from a meadow near Tenn. ...
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Syrian National Council meet in Damascus to back protests
Islam Online
The United Nations says 2600 people have been killed in Assad's crackdown on protests which broke out six months ago, inspired by uprisings in North Africa which had overthrown leaders of Egypt and Tunisia and have now also ended the rule of Libya's ...
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Robert Webster: 'We ignore bird flu at our peril'
The Guardian
In 1961, researchers had isolated an influenza virus – H5N1 as it happens – from dead terns in South Africa. They wondered whether the flu had also killed these birds. With the aid of a $500 grant from the WHO, and backing from their department at the ...
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The Guardian
In Tel Aviv, An Arab Spring That Ignores The Arabs
CounterCurrents.org
By Greg Burris No one could have ever predicted that a single act of protest — the self-immolation of a desperate Tunisian street vendor — would unleash a tidal wave of collective resistance and rebellion throughout North Africa and the Middle East, ...
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Univision Ups Three Newsroom Execs
mediabistro.com
Hispanics count on the latest and most relevant content that impacts the community through: Univision's evening, late evening and weekend national newscasts, “Noticiero Univision”; political Sunday affairs program, “Al Punto”; newsmagazine programs ...
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'Development by Billboards': Unity Party's Shameless Reelection Theme (CDC ...
The Liberian Journal
And when one considers who make up the Board of Trustees of the ICG – Kofi Anan, former UN Secretary General; George Soros, Chair and Founder, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) & Open Society Foundations; Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO ...
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The Liberian Journal
$15M settlement reached in Bishop Eddie Long sex scandal
Hattiesburg American
New Birth represents the latest trend toward church life in America, the so-called "mega" church. These churches are known for having a great many members, sometimes numbering into the tens of thousands. In September 2010, four young men (each younger ...
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