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 The Examiner 
Working Animals (Part Three): Lab experiments and Billy Jo, HIV research chimp
| To observe Labor Day, an annual holiday honoring the contributions of America’s workers, Animal Policy Examiner spotlights working animals in a special series of articles. | “The science of life... (photo: WN / RTayco)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, to discuss the crisis in Gaza, at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt Saturday, Jan. 10, 20
Arab World   Peace   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
 Daily Star Lebanon 
For Arab citizens, no questions asked
| By Rami G. Khouri | Commentary by | Saturday, September 04, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | If you’re wondering why the Arab world is not very excited about the prospects of serious breakthroughs ... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
Illinois Lt. Governor Pat Quinn dedicates Armed Forces Day and the conclusion of Chicago Navy Week at ChicagoUs Navy Pier.  Kansas City Star 
Critics: Ill. lottery contract cloaked in secrecy
Seth Perlman, File FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn shows off the Veteran's Cash scratch-off lottery ticket, the Stars & Stripes, in Springfield, Ill. Two weeks before ... (photo: US Navy / Senior Chief Photographer's Mate Douglas E. Waite)
Cash   File   Illinois   Photos   Quinn  
Vegetables - Grocery - Organic - Food  The New York Times 
China Orders Action to Cool Food Prices
| Filed at 3:34 a.m. ET | BEIJING (AP) -- China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries ov... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
China   Food   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Inflation  
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Alcohol drinking in Britain sees sharpest fall since 1948
Consumers drank on average five bottles of wine fewer last year as health concerns and the recession combined to bring biggest drop in alcohol consumption since records b... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Alcohol   Britain   Consumers   Photos   Wikipedia: Alcohol  
International Mideast envoy Tony Blair gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City, Monday, June 15, 2009. The Independent
Robert Fisk: Blair should take responsibility for Iraq. But he won't. He can't
| Has this wretched man learned nothing? On and on, it went during his BBC interview: "I would absolutely...","I definitely...", "I believed absolutely clearly...", "It w... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
Intelligence   Iraq   Photos   Tony Blair   Wikipedia: Tony Blair  
France's budget Minister Eric Woerth, waits to welcome Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, unseen, shortly before their meeting in Paris, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. The Star
French minister admits role in L'Oreal heiress saga
| PARIS (Reuters) - French Labour Minister Eric Woerth, the man spearheading a controversial pension reform, admitted on Thursday he had intervened in favour of the wealt... (photo: AP / Francois Mori)
France   Photos   Politics   Scandal   Wikipedia: Liliane Bettencourt  
President Barack Obama speaks at Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The New York Times
Obama's Post-Iraq World
| LONDON — Europe adjusted long ago, but not without pain, to its diminished place in world affairs. After Suez for the British, after Algeria for the French, even ... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Foreign Policy   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
Withe the help of a Marine, center, and a Navy medic, right, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Audrey Ramos, left, of San Antonio, Texas, a Flight Medic with Task Force Shadow, oversees the evacuation of an Afghan child with multiple gunshot wounds, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan  Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The New York Times
Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Airstrikes by NATO forces that killed 12 people on Thursday in northern Afghanistan have produced sharply conflicting accounts as to whether ... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley)
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany  
Demonstrators hold up signs during a news conference on the step of New York's City Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. More than 50 leaders of Muslim organizations in New York City are defending plans by developers to build an Islamic community center near ground zero. USA Today
Muslim groups support N.Y. mosque, decry hostility
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Spencer Platt, Getty Images Islamic leaders and organizers of over 55 mosques participate in a news co... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer)
Islam   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Park51  
Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan  pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
| JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for electe... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
Elections   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Democratic Party of Japan  
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