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Reuters - Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, whose conquest of one of the 20th century’s most corrupt dictators made her a global icon of democracy, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer. She was 76.
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The soldiers stood in the National Guard armory parking lot, laughing and joking with one another while waiting for the van to come pick them up to take them to Bastrop. In just four months, 19 soldiers from the 702nd company National Guard unit will deploy for a second tour in Iraq. They will do their jobs in temperatures that can get up to 120 degrees and work in the dirt and mud in a country where it’s not so easy to get laundry washed. The 702nd company, a military police unit, has been back for just more than a year since their last tour in Iraq, where they did jobs that included detainee
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Written by on Friday, July 31st, 2009 in Latest News.
Reuters - Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, who ousted one of the 20th Century’s most corrupt dictators to become a global icon of democracy, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer. She was 76.
Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back
Written by on Friday, July 31st, 2009 in Latest News.
Reuters - Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, whose ouster of one of the 20th Century’s most corrupt dictators made her a global icon of democracy, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer. She was 76.
Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back
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Reuters - Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, whose conquest of one of the 20th century’s most corrupt dictators made her a global icon of democracy, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer. She was 76.
Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back
Written by on Friday, July 31st, 2009 in Latest News.
Before the rain came down Friday night, The Swamp was flooded with Florida fans eager to see the Gators battle it out in the Gator Charity Challenge. About 2,500 people attended the second annual challenge in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium to watch Florida players compete in a three-part strongman competition to raise money for six Shands Hospital-affiliated charities.
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Bowing to populist anger, the House voted Friday to prohibit pay and bonus packages that encourage bankers and traders to take risks so big they could bring down the entire economy.
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AFP - President Gloria Arroyo declared a 10-day national mourning period for former leader Corazon Aquino, who died after a battle with colon cancer.
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AP - In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.
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by Mike Krumboltz
Forget Hollywood — the past seven days were all about Washington, D.C. The president hosted a highly anticipated get-together to talk about race relations, while the birther community set out to prove that the commander in chief wasn’t born in the United States. Both events caused a stir in Search and on the Buzz. Join us for a look back at those stories and more with the Buzz Week in Review.
A cold one with the president
A few weeks ago, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested at his own home by Cambridge police officer James Crowley. Gates, who is black, insi
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