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		<title>Obam Defends Construction Of Mosque Near Ground Zero</title>
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<p>America&#8217;s tradition of religious tolerance distinguishes this country from &#8220;our enemies&#8221;. US President Barack Obama said, while acknowledging <a href="http://cialis-med.net/cialis-dosage.php">cialis dosage</a>  the &#8220;sensitivities&#8221; surround the 9/11 site, but said Muslims have the same right to practice their religion &#8220;as anyone else&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable,&#8221; Mr. Obama said.</p>
<p>&#8220;We must all recognise and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of lower Manhattan, Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground. But let me be clear, as a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country.”</p>
<p>&#8220;That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community centre on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Stargazers Anticipate A Sky Spectacular At Galloway park</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave_Finnerty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND. &#8211; Annual Perseid meteor showers, associated with the comet Swift-Tuttle, are normally visible from the middle of July every year, gaining peak activity in the middle of August. This year they are expected to peak on 12-13 August. During the peak, the rate buy Benemid online of meteors goes up to 60 or more [...]]]></description>
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<p>Forestry Commission Scotland has established part of Galloway Forest Park as the first Dark Sky Park in the UK. Announced as an award by the International Dark Sky Association (IDA), on 16th November 2009 in the International Year of Astronomy, it is a massive achievement for the UK and the south West of Scotland.</p>
<p>Galloway Forest Park is now recognized as one the best places in the UK to watch the annual Perseids meteor shower.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The best time to see everything will be on the Thursday evening and Friday morning but there may well be an increase in astronomical activity a few days either side.</p>
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<p>It is said that the Catholics refer to the Perseids as the &#8220;tears of St. Lawrence&#8221;, since August 10 is the date of that saint&#8217;s martyrdom.</p>
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		<title>UN Warns Of Second Wave Of Deaths In Pakistan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAKISTAN &#8211; While the holy month of Ramadan begins for Muslims around the world, the misery for the Muslims in Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods brought on by unusually heavy monsoon rain that scoured the Indus river basin, shows no signs of relenting. The United Nations has issued a warning of a second [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/flood_havoc_in_pakistan.jpg"><img src="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/flood_havoc_in_pakistan.jpg" alt="" title="flood_havoc_in_pakistan" width="150" height="150" vspace="10" hspace="10" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3225" /></a>PAKISTAN &#8211; While the holy month of Ramadan begins for Muslims around the world, the misery for the Muslims in Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods brought on by unusually heavy monsoon rain that scoured the Indus river basin, shows no signs of relenting.</p>
<p>The United Nations has issued a warning of a second wave of deaths among the sick and hungry survivors unless help reached them quickly.</p>
<p>Maurizio Giuliano, spokesman for the United Nations humanitarian operations said: &#8220;If we do not respond soon enough to the urgent needs of the population, if we do not provide life-saving assistance as soon as is necessary, there may be a second wave of death caused by diseases and food shortages”</p>
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		<title>Obama Signs Jobs Bill &#8211; Texas Republicans Up In Arms.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON. President Barack Obama signed a $26 million jobs bill that his critics say will cost Texas schools more than $800 million. The controversial bill that has been signed into law was pushed through by the Texas Democrats in Congress on Tuesday despite the Republicans&#8217; strong pleas and lawsuit threats. The bill is intended to [...]]]></description>
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<p>The controversial bill that has been signed into law was pushed through by the Texas Democrats in Congress on Tuesday despite the Republicans&#8217; strong pleas and lawsuit threats.</p>
<p>The bill is intended to protect 300,000 teachers and other nonfederal government workers from being laid off. However the funding that is granted in the bill is based on the specific provision that the State Of Texas would maintain a certain level of expenditure on education till the year 2013. Failure <a href="http://www.score-louisville.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,28/extmode,cal/date,2108-04-01/">cheapest <a href="http://www.pharmacy-online-med.com/buy-flexisyn-online.php">buy Flexisyn online</a>  online cialis</a>  to do so could cost Texas about $830 million dollars of this stimulus funding.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MANILA, how to get cialis without a prescription Philippines – Armin Luistro, Secretary, Department Of Education (DepEd) announced on Monday, the Aquino government’s proposal to lengthen basic education by two more years, saying that the Philippines was the only country with a ten-year basic education cycle. DepEd is scheduled to reveal the draft of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/philippines.jpg"><img src="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/philippines.jpg" alt="" vspace="10" hspace="10"  title="philippines" width="150" height="96" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3219" /></a>MANILA, <a href="http://www.score-louisville.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,28/extmode,day/date,2011-01-16/">how to get cialis without a prescription</a>  Philippines – Armin Luistro, Secretary,  Department Of Education (DepEd) announced on Monday, the Aquino government’s proposal to lengthen basic education by two more years, saying that the Philippines was the only country with a ten-year basic education cycle.</p>
<p>DepEd is scheduled to reveal the draft of the proposed revised curriculum on October 5, Philippines’ Teachers&#8217; Day.<br />
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<p>&#8220;Essentially, this is basic education and this is for free,&#8221; Lacierda said, adding that the idea behind the proposal is for high school graduates to have much better opportunities for employment even if they decided not to pursue further college education.</p>
<p>Part of DepEd&#8217;s proposal was the inclusion of vocational courses into the curriculum to equip high school students with &#8220;practical livelihood skills.&#8221;</p>
<p>At least four senators have expressed support for the proposal by the Aquino administration.</p>
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<p>The Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, said: “I think it is necessary in order to improve the quality of our educational system so that we can become competitive in the world market.” </p>
<p>Sen. Francis Escudero said “It’s a good plan because while it adds more years to elementary and high school education, it also allows graduates to get work at an earlier age.”</p>
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<p>Menu Foods managed to survive the recall of at least 60 million cans and pouches of pet food but the recall cost it tens of millions of dollars, produced huge losses, led to cancelled contracts and its stock price being severely battered. </p>
<p>Menu Foods which built its plant in southeast Emporia in 1998 and employed upwards of  500 people at its peak had to back after the 2007 recall. The future of the current  256 employees wasn’t immediately clear.</p>
<p>Mark Simmons, chairman of Simmons Foods Inc., which manufacture the Twin Pet, Strongheart, Kitty, Fit &#038; Active and Healthy By Design brands and other private label pet foods, said “With this transaction, we are adding one of North America’s leading private label pet food manufacturers to our portfolio and further strengthening our company. Menu is a great company with an excellent management team and employees that are among the best in our industry, and we look forward to welcoming them into the Simmons family.”</p>
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<p>&#8220;But we remain concerned and focused on the <a href="http://www.score-louisville.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,99999999/extmode,flyer/date,2061-05-01/">free cialis without prescription</a>  fate of other human rights defenders inside Iran, and obviously their clients,&#8221; he told Reuters.</p>
<p>Sharia law, enforced in <a href="http://www.pharmacy-online-med.com/buy-coumadin-online.php">buy Coumadin online</a>  Iran since the Islamic revolution of 1979 awards those charged with crimes of murder, adultery, rape, armed robbery, apostasy and drug trafficking the death penalty.</p>
<p>Human rights lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, 37 the Iranian lawyer, who was defending Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old woman facing death by stoning, for alleged adultery , an accusation which she denies, disappeared from Tehran on July 24 after questioning by Iranian authorities and had fled to Norway to seek protection from his country&#8217;s authorities.</p>
<p>Mostafaei, a vehement critic of the Iranian judicial system, who has represented hundreds of clients, including juveniles facing the death penalty. told an Oslo news conference through an interpreter “what was my reward for this? It was an arrest order against me and the arrest of my wife and the brother of my wife, when they could not get me,&#8221; he said. He went to Norway since he had a visitor&#8217;s visa and had received help from the Norwegian embassy in Turkey after fleeing there by car, horseback and on foot.</p>
<p>He said that his wife was freed Saturday and he expected her and their 7-year-old daughter to eventually join him in Norway.</p>
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		<title>127 Dead, 1,300 Missing – Landslides In Northwest China.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZHOUQU, Northwest China. &#8211; Torrential rain accompanied by thunder sent torrents of water, mud and rocks pouring down hillsides into the town of Zhouqu in the Gansu province situated in northwest China on Saturday, reports the state owned Xinhua news agency. The sudden deluge has flattened houses and has torn several blocks of flats into [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/landslides_in_china.jpg"><img src="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/landslides_in_china-150x150.jpg" alt="" vspace="10" hspace="10" title="landslides_in_china" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3188" /></a>ZHOUQU, Northwest China. &#8211; Torrential rain accompanied by thunder sent torrents of water, mud and rocks pouring down hillsides into the town of Zhouqu in the Gansu province situated in northwest China on Saturday, reports the state owned Xinhua news agency.</p>
<p>The sudden deluge has flattened houses and has torn several blocks of flats into half. Images from the area show the streets filled with rocks and mud, overturned cars and buildings still under water by several storeys.</p>
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<p>About Forty-five thousand people are reported to have been evacuated and almost 700 people have been rescued from affected areas.</p>
<p>In its relief efforts Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao flew to the area and has called for a swift search effort. The government has sent thousands of rescue workers including 4500 soldiers, firefighters, and medical staff along with helicopters and aircraft to Zhouqu in Gansu province.</p>
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<p>Xinhua said that in one village alone, 300 homes had been buried.</p>
<p>The Reuters news agency quotes a Zhouqu resident having reported over the phone: &#8220;There was thunder and huge rain, and then the landslides started coming down. That was about midnight, so some people must have been in their homes, asleep and didn&#8217;t know what was happening.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Chinese Media Is Vulgar Laments Its Culture Minister</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chinese leaders, especially the President Mr. Hu Jintao, and the culture minister, Mr. Cai Wu are focusing their attention on the country’s cultural values, now that their country has become second largest economy in the world. In cialis an interview with the Xinhua dose cialis news agency Mr. Cai Wu lashed out at the China’s [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/china.jpg"><img src="http://noeldcosta.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/china.jpg" alt="" vspace="10" hspace="10" title="china" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3184" /></a>Chinese leaders, especially the President Mr. Hu Jintao, and the culture minister, Mr. Cai Wu are focusing their attention on the country’s cultural values, now that their country has become second largest economy in the world.</p>
<p>In <a href="http://cialis-med.net">cialis</a>  an interview with the Xinhua <a href="http://www.score-louisville.org/component/option,com_jcalpro/Itemid,28/extmode,flyer/date,2393-02-01/">dose cialis</a>  news agency Mr. Cai Wu lashed out at the China’s media branding the production s of the country&#8217;s broadcasters <a href="http://www.pharmacy-online-med.com/buy-creatine-1200-online.php">buy Creatine-1200 online</a>  and publishers, as vulgar and kitsch, saying that that they were paying more attention to gossip and sensational stories, while advocating the worship of money and consumerism, asserting that this vulgarity was the negative aspect of China having moved to a market economy.</p>
<p>&#8220;We publish more than 300,000 books every year, but how many of them could be compared with the scriptures inherited from our ancestors?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;We produce some 400 movies and hundreds of TV drama programmes each year, but how many of them will be recognized as classics?&#8221; He added: &#8220;In today&#8217;s world, a country&#8217;s culture and economy are inseparable. A government must pay more attention to culture and originality if it wants to improve the quality of economic development.&#8221;</p>
<p>He went a step further and accused the regional governments of spending money on &#8220;vanity projects&#8221; instead of basic cultural facilities.</p>
<p>Cai Wu’s statement seem to be the follow up of President Hu Jintao’s views which were made very clear when he said just two weeks ago that the country&#8217;s cultural scene was filled with &#8216;vanity, vulgarity, and kitsch&#8217;. </p>
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		<title>Human Salmonella Infection Linked To Pet Food</title>
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