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Years of Damascus influence and sectarianism could drag tiny nation into crisis * Reuters * Published: 00:00 April 28, 2011 * Gulf News Beirut: The unrest sweeping Syria may whip up sectarian divisions that could spill across the border and threaten to destabilise Lebanon, a small neighbour where Damascus has both strong allies and enemies. […]
April 30, 2011
Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:56PM presstv The media conglomerate Clear Channel has pulled an advertisement, which calls on Israel to respect the rights of Palestinians, from Seattle billboards. The sign, which was sponsored by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SeaMAC), was taken down on Wednesday from three billboards after only one week, seattlepi.com reported. The […]
April 30, 2011
April 30, 2011 12:39 PM blackchristiannews In a case that apparently could hinge on the interpretation of verb tenses, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Obama administration can continue funding embryonic stem cell research while a case seeking to halt the funding goes forward. The three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of […]
April 30, 2011
April 30, 2011 12:50 PM blackchristiannews After taking considerable flak for not issuing an Easter proclamation, President Obama has just released a proclamation for the 2011 National Day of Prayer. The proclamation comes just about a week before the hotly-contested National Day of Prayer on May 5. In 2010, a Wisconsin federal judge struck down […]
April 30, 2011
Mk 16:9-15 Gospel When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told his companions who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did […]
April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011 12:45:31 PM by IANS thaindian London, April 29 (IANS) Latino actresses Eva Longoria, Rosario Dawson and America Ferrera have met US President Barack Obama to discuss immigration reform. Musician Emilio Estefan and his TV star niece Lili were also among the stars who Thursday visited the White House, where Obama stressed […]
April 30, 2011
8:33 AM Saturday Apr 30, 2011 NZ Herald NewsEcuador’s Tungurahua volcano hurled truck-sized pyroclastic boulders more than a kilometre in a powerful eruption that prompted at least 300 people to flee their homes, authorities said. Schools were closed for a third straight day as ash showered down on a dozen towns in the sparsely populated […]
April 30, 2011
PTI | Apr 29, 2011, 07.21am IST The Times of IndiaWASHINGTON: Pointing out that perpetuating a broken immigration system is not an option if America is to win the future, the US President Barack Obama expressed his commitment to a comprehensive immigration reform, the White House said. Obama reiterated his concern that the US educates […]
April 30, 2011
Rivals could profit during transition Published: 30/04/2011 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: Business Bangkok Post Shareholders of Serm Suk Plc (SSC), the local bottler of Pepsi, yesterday voted unanimously to terminate the exclusive bottling contract and end the company’s 58-year relationship with the US beverage giant PepsiCo. The decision paves the way for SSC to […]
April 30, 2011
Sat, April 30 2011 05:59 Washington (ANTARA News/AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Rome next week for fresh talks on how to help the rebels fighting in Libya and protect civilians caught in the cross-fire, US officials said Friday. The talks will focus on how to supply arms to the rebels […]
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