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The Earthquake devastated Haiti last Tuesday afternoon. On Sunday evening, five days later, only 60% of the disaster area has been covered, water is not reaching those most in need, heavy lifting gear is bottled up at the airport and the people are understandably getting desperate. ...more.

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Advocates struggle to measure stimulus relief for minority businesses

added on 2010-01-18 06:01:12 (Washington Post - Politics)

As Congress looks to pass a second stimulus, groups that represent small, minority and women-owned businesses are eager to assess how much their companies have benefited from the $787 billion infusion of cash pushed through by the Obama administration 11 months ago. ...more.

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Clegg looks at targeted migration

added on 2010-01-17 16:31:02 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg tells the BBC he is considering a plan to channel immigration to certain areas of the UK. ...more.

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Average Muscovites Shortsighted, Depressed and Dominant

added on 2010-01-15 15:31:47 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)

In the end of 2009, statisticians, psychologists and sociologists derived a portrait of a contemporary Muscovite. The image of an average Muscovite looks like this: tall, with long limbs, early bolding 39-year-old man who has sex twice a week. Muscovites are nearsighted; they suffer from depression, gets sick often and risk their lives more than any other Russians. All this does not prevent them from living on average four years longer than other Russians. ...more.

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Calderwood offered Kilmarnock job

added on 2010-01-14 05:01:57 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

Jimmy Calderwood looks poised to become Kilmarnock's new manager after the club also talk to George Burley, Gordon Chisholm and Tommy McLean. ...more.

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