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Seed A Dream with Trickle Up and Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| http://www.trickleup.org/seedadream - Make someone's dream of escaping poverty a reality with Trickle Up and Maggie Gyllenhaal. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 22:09:01 - Added by: paul |
| Views: 759 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4.5 |
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Affordable Homes Forever - OPAL Community Land Trust |
| Peak Moment 89: This land trust is creating permanently affordable homes amidst increasingly-expensive real estate on beautiful Orcas Island, Washington. Co-founder Michael Sky explains how they provide 99-year leases on the homes built on land trust property. Restrictions limiting the resale value allow owners to sell at a reasonable profit while keeping the homes affordable forever. [www.opalclt.org] |
| Date: 2008-08-06 22:04:30 - Added by: Guest |
| Views: 746 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
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Paris Hilton & Barack Obama Reply to McCain Ads |
| Paris Hilton & Barack Obama Reply to McCain Ads |
| Date: 2008-08-06 21:58:05 - Added by: paul |
| Views: 747 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Gorilla population doubles |
| Aug 5 - A new census tallied more than 125,000 western lowland gorillas in the Congo..which may double population estimates. Estimates from the 1980s had suggested fewer than 100,000 of the great apes had survived and many experts believed those numbers had been cut nearly in half by disease and hunting. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 21:49:15 - Added by: paul |
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France accused over Rwanda genocide_Aug 6 2008 |
| France has described as "unacceptable" a report by the Rwandan government which alleges Paris played an active role in the 1994 genocide. The report made damning allegations against France, saying it actively took part in the killing, which saw the deaths of more than 800 thousand people. Harry Smith reports. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 21:35:47 - Added by: paul |
| Views: 751 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 3 |
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Mauritanian military stages coup - 6 Aug 08 |
| A military coup in Mauritania brings opposition supporters out in celebration, and puts the country's democratically elected leaders in jail. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 21:30:27 - Added by: paul |
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The case against Aafia Siddiqui - 6 Aug 08 |
| A woman has gone on trial in the US in a case that has provoked anger and concern from Islamabad to New York. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 21:29:31 - Added by: paul |
| Views: 729 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
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VP Hopefuls Making the Rounds |
| PlusVP Hopefuls Making the RoundsVP Hopefuls Making the RoundsThe Associated PressBarack Obama and John McCain are yet to choose their running mates, but plenty of hopefuls are getting face time with the candidates and the media. (Aug. 6)Barack Obama and John McCain are still without running mates...But the politicians rumored to be on their short-lists are getting some very public chances to audition.Among the Democratic names popping up in the Obama camp are Virginia Governor Tim Kaine....Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius....Delaware Senator Joe Biden....and Indiana Senator Evan Bayh. Bayh introduced Obama Wednesday during a town hall in Elkhart, Indiana. SOTEvan Bayh/(D) Indiana"Barack understands that if we're going to make progress on energy or anything else, the time has come for America not to be divided any longer into red states and blue states, but instead to be united as 50 red, white, and blue states"Bayh could help Obama pick up support in Indiana, a traditionally Republican state that Democrats see as competitive. Obama offered Bayh plenty of compliments....SOTBarack Obama "He is one of the finest U.S. senators that we have"...But there was no further hint of an Obama-Bayh ticket. Minnesota's Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty made the rounds in Washington Wednesday. McCain is rumored to be considering Pawlenty as a running mate. But the governor played coy when asked about the number two spot. SOTTim Pawlenty/(R) "What makes a good vice-president? Discretion" Among the others McCain is believed to be considering are former Ohio Representative Rob Portman....Virginia Representative Eric Cantor...and former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Mitt Romney. ___ ___, The Associated Press. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 20:47:21 - Added by: paul |
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European banks caught in a vicious circle |
| NEWS: It could have been all for Société Générale but the French bank is not entirely out of trouble. After the financial crisis, European banks are now struggling with the economic slowdown strenghtened by the subprime crisis. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 20:40:36 - Added by: paul |
| Views: 773 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 |
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Pentagon's Unmanned Spokesdrone Gives Press Conference |
| The spokesdrone will field questions deemed too dangerous for a human press secretary, whose career could be irreparably damaged by answering them. |
| Date: 2008-08-06 03:10:25 - Added by: paul |
| Views: 773 - Votes: 6 - Rating: 4.84 |
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