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Grants Will Support Centers that Provide Care to Millions of Americans
Washington, DC – First Lady Michelle Obama today visited Unity’s Upper Cardozo Health Center and announced the release of $851 million in grants to address immediate and pressing health center facility and equipment needs and increase access to health care for millions of Americans The [...]
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June 29th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in U.S. | No Comments
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Embedded video from CNN Video
This is quite a shocking description of todays repression of the demonstrations at Baharestan square in Tehran. Two woman in the video is asking the help of America to finish this ordeal.
All these events that happened in Iran in the past few days are showing the world that Iran is [...]
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June 24th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Middle East, Top News | No Comments
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Transcript in English:
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Good afternoon, everybody. Today, I want to start by addressing three issues, and then I’ll take your questions.
First, I’d like to say a few words about the situation in Iran. The United States and the international community have been appalled and outraged by the [...]
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June 23rd, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Middle East, Politics, Top News | No Comments
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A list of the named crew and passengers aboard Air France Flight 447, which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris carrying 228 people:
-Luiz Roberto Anastacio, 50; Brazilian; president for South America, Michelin
-Mateus Antunes, Brazilian
-Octavio Antunes, Brazilian
-Patricia Antunes, Brazilian
-Stephane Artiguenave, 35; French; salesman at electrical distributor CGED
-Sandrine Artiguenave, 34; [...]
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June 4th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Europe, Latin america | No Comments
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. Well, it is a great pleasure to be here. Let me begin by thanking Professor Rahmi Aksungur — did I say that properly — who is director of the university here. And I want to thank all the young people who’ve gathered together. This is a great privilege for [...]
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April 7th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Middle East, Miscellaneous, Politics, U.S. | No Comments
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This morning President Obama made an unannounced visit to Iraq, landing in Baghad at 4:42 p.m. local time (9:42 a.m. ET). He met briefly with the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. Ray Odierno, but the main purpose of his trip to Iraq was to visit U.S. forces. Nearly 600 troops assembled to meet President [...]
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April 7th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Middle East, Politics, U.S. | No Comments
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24th of Mars 2009
Text of President Barack Obama’s news conference Tuesday at the White House, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:
OBAMA: Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who’s watching tonight an update on the steps we’re taking to move this economy from recession to recovery, and ultimately [...]
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March 25th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Politics, U.S. | No Comments
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Satellite Includes Demonstration Payload for New Third Civil Signal
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla, March 24th, 2009 — A Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT]-built modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, equipped with an innovative payload that will provide an on-orbit demonstration of a third civil signal, was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air [...]
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March 24th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Technology, U.S. | No Comments
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Company’s Environmental Focus Earns Recognition in 2008
Bethesda, MD, March 23rd, 2009 — Today, Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] announced that it reduced its total year-to-year water consumption by 11 percent in 2008. Equating to approximately 275 million gallons in water savings, the corporation focused on facility and cooling system efficiency projects, detecting and repairing leaks, and [...]
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March 24th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Technology, U.S. | No Comments
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23 Mar 2009 | Ref. 054/2009
ARLINGTON, Virginia – BAE Systems has been selected to participate in the U.S. Army’s omnibus contract to provide equipment to the service’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation.
As one of the companies selected to support the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, BAE Systems’ U.S. Combat Systems business will compete [...]
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March 24th, 2009 by Jabber | Posted in Technology, U.S. | No Comments