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In this May 12, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama opened a new advertising assault on challenger Mitt Romney's record as a businessman _ his primary strength with an American electorate still deeply worried about the economy _ casting the likely Republican nominee as a greedy entrepreneur who bought up companies and wiped out jobs.
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Obama pushes 'to-do list' for Congress
Wed 16 May 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pushes his legislative "to-do list" on Wednesday. He'll start with a visit to a company in the Washington area where he'll stress the need to invest in small... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Children   Health   Marketing   Photos   Wikipedia: Junk food		  Treehugger 
More Empty Recommendations on Junk Food Marketing to Children
Mon 14 May 2012
/CC BY 2.0 This week, the nation’s top public health experts gathered at a much-trumpeted obesity conference hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called Weight of the Nation.... (photo: WN / sweet)
President Barack Obama waits with 2012 National Teacher of the Year, Rebecca Mieliwocki, 7th-grade English teacher at Luther Burbank High School, Burbank, Calif., and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in the Green Room of the White House before the start of a ceremony to honor the 2012 National and State Teachers of the Year in the East Room, April 24, 2012.  STL Today  Sun 13 May 2012
Obama asks Congress to act on 'to-do' list
President Obama is asking Democrats and Republicans to act on his "to-do list" for Congress, a five-point plan he says would create jobs and help restore middle-class... (photo: Public Domain / The White House from Washington, DC)
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Congress reacts to Mamata’s remarks, says LS polls on time  The Siasat Daily  Sat 12 May 2012
Congress reacts to Mamata’s remarks, says LS polls on time
New Delhi, May 12: A day after United Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) biggest ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hinted at early Lok Sabha polls, Congress on Saturday rejected the speculation.... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
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Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger NZ Herald Sun 6 May 2012
Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger
The heads of the House and Senate intelligence leaders said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama sent 33,000 more US... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
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Mr. Tsewang R. the head of Tibetan Youth Congress, Dharamshala, India WorldNews.com Fri 4 May 2012
Tibet Youth Group Condemns Tibetans Carrying Chinese National Flag
Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala. Dharamshala: Top leaders of the largest Tibetan organization in exile, 'Tibet Youth Congress' (TYC) on Friday... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng makes a phone call as he is accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke in a car on the way to a hospital in Beijing Wednesday May 2, 2012. Irish Times Fri 4 May 2012
Chen seeks help from US congress
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic plea for help in a phone call to a US congressional hearing from his hospital bed in Beijing, raising the pressure... (photo: AP / US Embassy Beijing Press Office)
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A drought and dry area in India in summer DNA India Wed 2 May 2012
Congress MLAs: Govt blind to eastern Maha drought
Congress leaders representing Vidarbha and Marathwada regions have accused the state government of concentrating the entire state machinery in western Maharashtra to... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
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Agricultural land - farming - India The Siasat Daily Thu 26 Apr 2012
City to host prestigious World Agriculture Congress in Nov
Hyderabad, April 26: The city will host the prestigious World Agriculture Congress in November this year. In a press release, the Chief Minister's office (CMO) claimed... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Agriculture   Hyderabad   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture
Trees in the forest - nature - environment Dayton Daily News Tue 24 Apr 2012
Brazil congress set to vote on divisive forest law
SAO PAULO — Activists are warning that a proposed revamping of Brazil's tough environmental law could roll back recent historic gains in the fight against Amazon... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Brazil   Forest   Law   Photos   Wikipedia: Forest
Former President of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) Rajnath Singh (C) with senior Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leaders Shahnawaz Hussian during a press confence in srinagar on 13, April 2011. The Times of India Mon 23 Apr 2012
Rajnath blames Congress for country’s crises
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet PATNA: Former BJP president Rajnath Singh said on Monday that the Congress rule at the Centre had pushed the country to its worst crises in recent... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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The opening of the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the mountain Mokattam in Cairo Egypt,Saturday, May 21, 2011. Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president Herald Tribune
Gold (pronounced /ˈɡoʊld/) is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground "veins" and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the known metals. Pure gold has a bright yellow color traditionally considered attractive Is this the beginning of the end for gold? The Daily Telegraph
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Leader of the Socialists PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos, left, smiles at President Karolos Papoulias before he is given a mandate to form a coalition government in Athens Thursday May 10, 2012. Greece: Pasok and New Democracy leaders in unity talks BBC News
In this Feb. 14, 2012 photo, Libyan militias from towns throughout the country's west parade through Tripoli, Libya. UN envoy: Libya unstable but moving to democracy The Guardian
Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in a rally calling for the Arab League during their summit in Libya to cancel an initiative for indirect talks regarding peace with Israel, in Gaza City, Saturday, March 27, 2010. Earlier this month, Arab nations opened the door for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to enter four months of indirect, American-brokered peace talks with Israel. But they later threatened to withdraw support for the indirect talks because of recent Israeli announcements on plans for new settlement building. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) Obama's democracy: Insulting Islam means life sentence in Libya The Examiner
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U.S. President Barack Obama listens to remarks during the plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Barack Obama warns eurozone to focus on jobs and growth The Daily Telegraph
A protester with a placard placed on on a rake chats with another protester at Syntagma square in front of the Greek parliament , in central Athens, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Does Greece have the energy for a fight? BBC News
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