N.Korea bullish on economy amid cash reform panic
AFP - 34 minutes agoNorth Korea Friday hailed efforts to build a strong socialist economy but kept silent about its shock currency revaluation which has reportedly sparked fury and frustration.
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Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 6:59 pm ETAfghanistan: The West point 19etting gave goose bumps to the millions watching, but the president's claims Tuesday night that he's dispatching the cavalry just in the nick of time aren't so. We're waving goodbye.
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Reports: North Korea revamps currency to curb inflation
Daily Breeze - Tue Dec 1, 10:41 am ETSEOUL, South Korea - North Korea revamped its national currency for the first time in 17 years, reports said Tuesday - a move that appeared aimed at reviving its dilapidated economy by curbing inflation and black market trading.
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A day to reflect on freedom, pay tribute to veterans
Park Hills Daily Journal - Thu Dec 3, 11:36 pm ETFARMINGTON — “This is a day to reflect on the cost of our freedom and pay tribute to all veterans past and present who paid for our freedom, sometimes with their very lives,” Commander Tony Carroll of the Farmington VFW Post 5896, said at Wednesday’s Veterans Day service at the county courthouse.
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William Glenn Nobmann
Sonoma Index-Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 11:27 pm ETGlenn Nobmann of Sonoma, died on Nov. 19, 2009, of complications from Alzheimer's. He was 86 years old. Glenn was born on July 26, 1923, in Albion, the only child of the late Horace Nobmann and Pansy Wainwright Nobmann. He was a third generation native Californian.
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Chuck Fortlage
Sonoma Index-Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 11:26 pm ETOn Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, Chuck Fortlage passed away peacefully at home with his wife of 57 years by his side. Mr. Fortlage was born Aug. 26, 1928, and was raised in Eagle Rock. He attended Occidental College and was a member of the SAE fraternity.
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War memorial at LA historic site draws lawsuit
The San Francisco Examiner - Thu Dec 3, 9:38 pm ETLOS ANGELES — An advocacy group accused officials Thursday of failing to obtain proper approvals when they allowed crews to begin work on a memorial to war heroes at a downtown site recognized as Los Angeles' historic birthplace.
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Japan’s Relationship With U.S. Gets a Closer Look
New York Times - Wed Dec 2, 4:08 pm ETA reconsideration of the alliance by Japan’s new leaders is not a pulling away from the U.S. but part of a broader effort to outgrow Japan’s failed postwar order, political experts say.
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Global Envision - Thu Dec 3, 4:34 pm ETDairy Cows Fight Terrorism in Fallujah By Alok Amatya , November 17, 2009 Here's an innovative way to expand economic opportunity for Iraqi widows and reduce the threat of...
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growing markets
Global Envision - Thu Dec 3, 4:34 pm ETStudents around the world face a particular paradox these days: what's the good of an education if there's no work to be found afterward? Samasource — a small non-governmental organization based in San Francisco, California — is hoping to change this.
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NKorea revalues money, causing black market chaos
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 12:10 pm ETNorth Korea revalued its national currency for the first time in decades in a bid to fight inflation and flush out the black market money trade, reports said Tuesday — a move that sent residents of the communist state scrambling to convert hoarded money into foreign currencies.
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Harrison man donates holiday tree to White Plains
The Journal News - Thu Dec 3, 4:23 pm ETWhen he bought the tree for $3 in the Bronx, it was a foot tall and made a nice addition to the landscaping at Ben DeFonce's home in Harrison.
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Chemical weapons watchdog pursues holdout nations
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 7:25 am ETThe newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts _ including Israel, Egypt and Syria _ to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection. Ahmet Uzumcu says he expects one nation, Angola,... Egypt - Syria - Angola - Israel - Africa
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Queen Noor of Jordan: Obama's Opportunity to Lead a Landmine-Free World
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 4:15 pm ETThe time has come for the U.S., the world's most powerful high-tech military, to give up its low-tech stockpile of ten million antipersonnel landmines.
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S.Korea: North seeking to buy time to make nukes
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 10:55 pm ETSouth Korea Wednesday questioned North Korea's calls for a peace treaty with the United States, declaring its real aim is to buy time to make more nuclear weapons.
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World Cup pairings
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Thu Dec 3, 12:14 am ETSOCCER World Cup draw Pot one (seeded teams): Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa Pot two (Asia, North and Central America, and Oceania): Australia, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea, United States Pot three (Africa and South America): Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay
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