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Of late it’s been a tough time for those working to prevent genocide. Darfur has been off the world’s radar screen for months. Then there’s the poor Armenians. It wasn’t enough that 1.5 million were murdered in a genocide perpetrated by the Ottomon Turks during the First World War. Turns out that for the sake of appeasing Turkey and its increasingly militant Islamist …
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As his visit overlapped with that of the U.S. defense secretary, the Iranian president said the U.S. occupation was doomed to fail.
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A new proposal for artificial snow at an Arizona ski resort swaps reclaimed wastewater for more expensive potable water and comes with a pledge from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help offset the cost.Under the proposal, the city of Flagstaff would …
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that applications are being accepted to provide affordable rental housing to rural residents through the Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program.’The Obama Administration is committed to providing improved economic …
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US Meat Export Federation Chairman-elect Keith Miller was in attendance at the 2010 Commodity Classic in Anaheim, California, when Secretary Vilsack made the announcement. Mr Miller, a farmer-stockman from Great Bend, Kansas, says the timing of the agreement …
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George Papandreou, the Greek Prime Minister, used a visit to the White House yesterday to press President Barack Obama for tighter regulation of the speculative trading blamed for intensifying the country’s debt crisis.Mr Papandreou set out his case at …
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John Cassidy, The New YorkerIn the history of product launches, the rollout of the Obama Administration’s plan to stabilize the financial system was in the category of “Ishtar,” smokeless cigarettes, and New Coke. On February 10th of …
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will discuss military cooperation and Iran’s nuclear program, officials said.
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The visits of the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the U.S. defense secretary Robert M. Gates in Kabul briefly overlapped on Wednesday.
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Prodded by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the Forest Service is reviewing a Colorado coal-mining company’s stalled request to build roads in a federally protected ‘roadless’ forest. Oxbow Mining seeks permission to build temporary roads and improve …
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NAMPA, Idaho — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack unveiled a new direction for the USDA Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (CCCs) that will train underserved youth for jobs in the emerging green economy. The green curriculum announced …
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that rural communities will receive support through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) to plan for new water and waste disposal projects. Funding will be made available to the …
