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Student Loan Reform Benefits Taxpayers But Makes Banks Worry »
Posted by: fatjim2 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
The figures released by the Department of Education in April shows that 67% undergraduates in the 2007-2008 school year have received some financial aid with ...
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Can We Give To Gaza Without Giving To Hamas? »
Posted by: israeligirl1 4 months ago in News
If stuffing billions worth of aid into the Palestinian territories could end Islamist terrorism out of Gaza, it might be worth the money. But it ...
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GM CEO resigns at Obama's behest »
Posted by: eezzbeat 3 months, 1 week ago in News
The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said.
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Mr. Abbas Goes to Washington »
Posted by: dissent 1 month, 1 week ago in News
If the Oval Office guest list is an indicator, President Obama is making good on his commitment to try to revive the long-dead Arab-Israeli peace ...
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Archbishop of Canterbury joins criticism of BBC refusal to air Gaza plea |
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guardian.co.uk »Posted by: gamahuche 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
The Archbishop of Canterbury today added to criticism of the BBC over its refusal to broadcast a charity appeal for aid to Gaza . This has ...
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Humanitarian crisis worsens in Swat »
Posted by: dissent 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
The US has begun delivering humanitarian aid to people displaced by fighting in northwest Pakistan, the US embassy says.
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Medical aid convoy stranded on Gaza border »
Posted by: dissent 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Only 16 of the group of 130 Europeans were permitted to enter, leaving trucks laden with wheelchairs, medicines and a dialysis machine stuck at the ...
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Global SOS-Remake World Aid System »
Posted by: Mikunited 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Political News
RECENT events have shown both the best and worst of the international aid system. The best was seen when public pressure and outrage, combined with ...
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Spoil them rotten - Haaretz - Israel News »
Posted by: dissent 4 days, 1 hour ago in News
The $2 billion promised with much ceremony at the Sharm el-Sheikh summit about six months ago - of it $900 million from the new America under ...
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US will fully fund Arrow 3 missile defense system | Israel | Jerusalem Post »
Posted by: dissent 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
The US has said it will provide the full funding for the development and production of the Arrow 3 anti-missile system, defense officials told The ...
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Gaza Aid Prevented by U.S. »
Posted by: dissent 3 months ago in News
The United States (U.S.) Patriot Act is preventing Save The Children Norway from rebuilding schools in Gaza. The organization is in despair.
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"We are ...Read (204) | Share | Discuss (2) | Read Full Story at uruknet.info
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The Hindu : Front Page : Generous payout by U.S. for the displaced earns Holbrooke no friends in Pakistan »
Posted by: dissent 4 weeks, 1 day ago in News
U.S. Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke may have announced generous sums of money to help Pakistan deal with the humanitarian crisis of people displaced by ...
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Gaza, remember? - Haaretz - Israel News »
Posted by: dissent 2 months, 1 week ago in News
After the conference of donor countries, which convened to great fanfare in Sharm el-Sheikh a month and a half ago, which included 75 countries and ...
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Gaza Aid Prevented by U.S. »
Posted by: jovial 3 months ago in Political News
The United States (U.S.) Patriot Act is preventing Save The Children Norway from rebuilding schools in Gaza. The organization is in despair.
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Obama Considers Major Expansion in Jobless Aid »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 6 months ago in Political News
President-elect Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats are considering major expansions of government-assisted health care insurance and unemployment compensation as they begin intensive work this week ...
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