Tag: politics
member name: Tamara W.
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October 15, 2006 09:00 AM EDT --
When I first read the headline, I thought this was another reference to a school shooting. But when I started to read the article, I was amazed at what voicing your opinion about the war can do to you. . . .
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October 24, 2006 11:06 AM EDT --
Female leaders can change the course of our political and economic future—for the benefit of everyone.
I often hear people say that the lack of women in positions of political leadership is an . . .
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November 08, 2006 09:18 PM EST --
The Democrats have taken control of the US Senate after winning the last undecided seat in the state of Virginia, US media are reporting.
But official results have yet to confirm victory for Democrat . . .
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November 09, 2006 03:24 PM EST --
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Ed Bradley, the longtime "60 Minutes" correspondent whose probing questions and deceptively relaxed interviewing manner graced some of that show's most notable reports, . . .
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October 23, 2006 02:17 PM EDT --
LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) -- Malawi human rights groups on Friday went to court to stop Madonna from adopting a one-year-old Malawian boy, saying the adoption was illegal and could amount to officially . . .
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November 01, 2006 03:01 PM EST --
I did some research on this topic a few years ago for a paper. It was something that I first heard about when the model, Waris Dirie, told about her experience in one of the leading Black lifestyle magazines. . . .
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November 20, 2006 10:05 PM EST --
Michael Richards, aka Kramer, spews racial slurs during stand-up
By Lynn Elber
ASSOCIATED PRESS
4:49 p.m. November 20, 2006
LOS ANGELES – Michael Richards said Monday he spewed racial epithets . . .
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February 07, 2007 04:01 PM EST --
I got this email today from the NAACP and thought it would be something worth sharing.-- Tamara
THE NATIONAL ASSOCATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
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October 25, 2006 12:41 PM EDT --
<h3>Should face transplants be allowed?</h3>Do you agree that full face transplants should be carried out in the UK?
British surgeons could perform the world's first full face transplant . . .
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October 13, 2006 05:08 PM EDT --
'World banker to the poor'
Muhammad Yunus is often referred to as "the world's banker to the poor". His life's work has been to prove that the poor are credit-worthy.
His . . .
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October 13, 2006 05:02 PM EDT --
South Korean elected new UN chief
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon has been formally elected the next United Nations secretary general, in a vote in the General Assembly.
The resolution, adopted . . .
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October 24, 2006 12:40 PM EDT --
I saw this on the news last night it just made me so mad. My landlord and I used to joke and say the same thing was happening to our building because we would get one monthly and our super is Mr. OCD when . . .
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October 03, 2006 11:46 AM EDT --
RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The Bush administration, alarmed by recent attacks at public schools across the country, is bringing education and law enforcement experts together for a conference on coming to grips . . .
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October 04, 2006 03:45 PM EDT --
Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry Potter
Current mood: amused
Category: Life
Georgia mom seeks ban on Harry Potter
Mother of four claims the teen wizard is 'evil,' promotes witchcraft
The Associated . . .
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November 17, 2006 11:34 AM EST --
Edwards Admits Staffer Asked Wal-Mart for PS3
By MARCUS KABEL, AP
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> top.ch_refresher.add_ad('93179290', 160, 600, . . .
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October 20, 2006 02:33 PM EDT --
I saw this on the BBC website and found the pages of responses quite interesting. I was curious what type of reactions this same topic may get here on Gather--- Tamara
A Muslim teaching assistant in . . .
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October 24, 2006 12:34 PM EDT --
(10/24/06) BROOKLYN - Some Brooklyn parents have reportedly been on edge since the city announced in September it is changing the entrance exam for its gifted programs.
According to the Daily News, . . .
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October 24, 2006 06:34 PM EDT --
All Chinese look same says judge
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A Scottish judge cleared a student from China of a motoring offence after claiming that "all Chinese people can look the same", The . . .
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October 31, 2006 01:07 PM EST --
Black Brazil seeks a better future
By Robert Plummer
BBC News, Sao Paulo
A university named after a 17th-Century rebel slave leader in Brazil is at the forefront of a controversy over the country's . . .
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November 15, 2006 01:20 PM EST --
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- From a second-floor bedroom in a storefront church, Elvira Arellano scanned the Internet for news of her son -- a 7-year-old boy who had traveled to Mexico to ask that nation . . .
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