Sisters of Mercy elect new lea...

Jul 5, 2011 by admin

Sisters of Mercy elect new leadership team
Leadership team: Patricia McDermott, RSM, president; Eileen Campbell, RSM, vice president; Anne Curtis, RSM; Mary Pat Garvin, RSM; and Deborah Troillett, RSM Nearly 300 Sisters of Mercy from across North, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Guam and the Philippines gathered at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Ill. June 20-30 to pray, discern a direction for the next six years and host a …
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Factbox – Strikes, protests against austerity in Europe
(Reuters) – Public disgruntlement over austerity measures has erupted into strikes and protests around Europe. Here are some details of the unrest:
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The Fourth Challenge of Vision...

Jun 20, 2011 by admin

The Fourth Challenge of Vision 2020, butchered
With two decades under the bridge and hardly a decade to the grandeur goal of Year 2020, we witness how far we have drifted from the much acclaimed Wawasan’s nine challenges. By J. D. Lovrenciear In 1991 the then prime minister of Malaysia launched Vision 2020. The nine challenges spelt out in this vision that promised to propel Malaysia onto the platform of the developed world seized the nation …
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Wildfires: Horseshoe 2 blaze looms at Buddhist center
Wildfire burning within a couple of miles of Diamond Mountain retreat center By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A group of 40 American Buddhists in Arizona is hoping that the U.S. Forest Service will continue to hold the line on the Horseshoe 2 Fire to keep the flames away from the Diamond Mountain Retreat Center, [...]
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Watching Dan Pfeiffer interact...

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

Watching Dan Pfeiffer interact with liberal activists was a lot like watching a troubled couple try to work through …
Pfeiffer today took the hot seat in front of a crowd of thousands of frustrated progressive activists and bloggers
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City Hall: ‘America must fix our broken immigration system’
Park City leaders this week will consider whether to align City Hall with a group of mayors and businesspeople from across the U.
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Zimbabwe’s Leading Sunda...

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

Zimbabwe’s Leading Sunday Newspaper
More than 60 000 Americans were sterilised, many against their will, as part of a eugenics movement that finished in 1979, aimed at keeping the poor and mentally ill from having children. Now, decades on, one state is considering compensation.
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18. Cops and Immigration not h...

Jun 19, 2011 by admin

18. Cops and Immigration not helping in raids, say councillors
PETALING JAYA: Local councillors have accused the police and the Immigration Department of not helping their enforcement team conduct frequent raids against massage parlours, causing these to mushroom throughout the state.
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