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Unicef - Mon Dec 7, 6:31 pm ET
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 7 December 2009 – As the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 formally opened here today, eight newly named UNICEF 'Climate Ambassadors', aged 14 to 17, launched a dialogue on how music bridges generational and cultural divides in the fight to stop climate change.
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The Huffington Post - Mon Dec 7, 4:58 pm ET
Cross-posted with Truthdig.com In Copenhagen, a major binding agreement at the global warming summit is not to be. Not this year. In Washington, the Senate...
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 4:33 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two Florida executives of a Miami-Dade County-based telecommunications company, the president of Florida-based Telecom Consulting Services Corp., and two former Haitian government officials were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged roles in a foreign bribery, wire fraud and money laundering scheme, announced Assistant Attorney ...
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Miami Herald - Mon Dec 7, 4:14 pm ET
Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group: For more information, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday every second Tuesday of the month; Palace Suites, 11377 SW 84th St., Kendall; free. Call Rosanna after noon at 305-665-2806.
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Mountain View Voice - Mon Dec 7, 4:08 pm ET
The Los Altos High School Amnesty International club is presenting a special speaker event Monday evening to kick off a week of human rights awareness. by Kelsey Mesher
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Sun-Sentinel - Mon Dec 7, 4:04 pm ET
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has a new first lady.
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WTOL 11 Toledo - Mon Dec 7, 4:01 pm ET
Haiti has a new first lady.
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Norton Mirror - Mon Dec 7, 3:51 pm ET
Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline announces internationally acclaimed director Jonathan Demme as the recipient of the 2010 Coolidge Award, to be celebrated March 1 and 2. Demme will arrive in Brookline to accept the honor and to participate in related festivities, including special tributes from industry colleagues and a panel discussion. Selected screenings from his filmography are being ...
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Miami Herald - Mon Dec 7, 1:12 pm ET
Ladies, René Préval is no longer a bachelor.
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Boxing Insider - Mon Dec 7, 12:40 pm ET
(WINTER HAVEN, FLA.) – Andre Berto and the Carma Foundation will hold the first-ever Jingle Bell Ball, on Sunday, December 13, benefitting the organization’s philanthropic efforts in Haiti.
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The Daily Iberian - Mon Dec 7, 12:38 pm ET
Having spent 30 years treating local children as a New Iberia pediatrician, Dr. Mike Halphen and his wife, Tommye, are living proof that retirement can serve as an even better means of bringing help to those less fortunate than many locals could comprehend.
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ScienceBlogs - Mon Dec 7, 12:02 pm ET
The subject of food waste is not sexy. Anyone faced with the statistic that we waste 40% of our food in America is almost certainly appalled - for a second or two. But they also probably stop thinking about it just a tiny second later, probably after a moment of thinking "not us, though." And yet, it almost certainly is us. A recent study is very clear about the costs of wasted food - food waste ...
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Walnut Creek Journal - Mon Dec 7, 10:36 am ET
Luis Gutierrez is sounding like a human kazoo, demonstrating what he calls the “evilbuster breath.” As the speaker’s hands tent his nose and he exhales in a loud hum, few of the two dozen freshmen at Overfelt High in San Jose are smirking or rolling their eyes.
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Marketwire - Mon Dec 7, 9:28 am ET
FRANKFURT, GERMANY and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - December 7, 2009) - PHIGroup, Inc. ( OTCBB : PHIE ) ( FRANKFURT : PR7 ) (WKN A0RNQV), a company engaged in the development and management of real estate properties, mining interests, and consulting, merger and acquisition advisory services, today announced that the Company's annual general meeting for the year 2009 will be held 02:00 P.M ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 9:20 am ET
The U.S. Coast Guard says it will set up a special safety zone around St. Thomas harbor for a port call by the world's biggest cruise ship.