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2010-07-31: Headlines

• The Island.lk: Suren Rodrigo: My memories of Chanaka Amaratunga 2010-07-31

  Fourteen years ago, on August 1st 1996 to be precise, Dr. Chanaka Amaratunga, Leader of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka, died in a tragic car accident on the road towards Kalutara. He was only 38 years of age then having being born on April 19th 1958. | Chanaka, as his friends knew him, was an alumnus of St.

• Great Falls Tribune: The real issue 2010-07-31

  Regarding your article about the baseless attacks on Congressman Denny Rehberg's legal attempts at obtaining documentation from the city of Billings about the damage to his property in the fires o...

• The Daily Yomiuri: Errors repeated on natl exam / Students' mistakes apparently not remedied by later teaching 2010-07-31

  Many third-year middle school students incorrectly answered a basic geometry question three years after they made the same error as primary school students, according to the results of a national achievement test conducted in April by the eduction ministry. | The question involved calculating the area of a circle. The students were required to solve the same question when they took a similar test during their sixth year in primary school.

• Bloomberg: Berlusconis Former Ally Fini May Receive 9.5 Percent of Vote, Poll Says 2010-07-31

  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's former ally Gianfranco Fini and his new political group may have the support of 9.5 percent of voters, according to a poll by Crespi Ricerche.

• Inquirer.net: Anna Wintour for US ambassador? 2010-07-31

  IF ANNA WINTOUR WANTS AN ambassadorial job when she exits Vogue, President Barack Obama just might give it to her. This was just one of the insinuations of the American press after the private and closed-to-media Democratic Party fundraiser hosted by the American Vogue lady chief in her Greenwich...

2010-07-30: Headlines

• Bloomberg: DPJ Lawmakers Urge Kan to Focus on Growth, Push Bank of Japan on Deflation 2010-07-30

  Keywords: central bank to do more to tackle deflation. | setting an inflation target of 2 percent to 3 percent. | discussed the need to raise Japan's 5 percent sales tax. | bank to follow government policy goals. | administration to address the way the BOJ operates." | ‘Little by Little' | target. Deflation is easing "little by little," he said. | unexpectedly rose to a seven-month high of 5.3 percent."

• Ct Post: Reflecting on the challenges facing President Obama 2010-07-30

  Lately, syndicated articles from columnists and letters from local readers have been printed in this paper lambasting President Obama for his actions, or lack thereof, without, in my opinion, realizing the full gravity of his inherited situation and how its implications parallel and are different from any other things former presidents have ever encountered. [...] he was beyond such reproach, dishonor and disgraceful attention.

• Colorado Springs Independent: Browse Special Issues 2010-07-30

  "In five short months Dick Wadhams has taken Colorado from a likely Republican win in 2010 to a likely loss that threatens the future of the GOP." | Lately, Dick has been taking a lot of heat — with some blaming him for the collapse of Republican candidates in the state.

• Huffington Post: Mark Blumenthal: Democratic Surge? Part II 2010-07-30

  Last week, I argued that a reported “jump” for Democrats in Gallup’s weekly tracking of the national generic U.S. House ballot was most likely a statistical blip. I boldly predicted that “more data” this week would “likely settle the issue.” That latter assertion turned out to be wrong, as the issue isn’t settled, but I’m still not convinced that we’

• Nigerian Tribune: Toba Olaitan: First Republic Politicians Were Saints 2010-07-30

  As I said earlier, we were all full of hopes. The AG at that time had administered the Western Region for about seven years and things were going on smoothly. Our leader, Chief Awolowo, did wonders in the region at that time. With the limited resources that we had, he was able to achieve a lot of things.

• MSN Philippines News: Berlusconi split with ally erodes once comfortable majority 2010-07-30

  Italy's Silvio Berlusconi saw the erosion of his once comfortable majority in parliament Friday as 33 lawmakers defected in support of the prime minister's estranged longtime ally. | Berlusconi broke with parliament speaker Gianfranco Fini, a former neo-fascist with whom he co-founded the People of Freedom (PDL) party last year, late Thursday after months of acrimony. | Fini described their split as an "ugly chapter"

2010-07-29: Headlines

• Buffalo News: Paladino says he wont remain in race if he loses Republican primary 2010-07-29

  Web Search powered by YAHOO! | Carl Paladino has been gathering signatures to form a Tea Party-like line called the Taxpayers Party. | ALBANY -- Buffalo businessman Carl P. Paladino said he will not continue to run for governor on a new third-party line if he loses September's Republican primary against Rick Lazio.

• ISRIA: On the Working Trip to Moldova by Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/State Secretary Grigory Karasin 2010-07-29

  Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/State Secretary Grigory Karasin made a working trip to the Republic of Moldova from July 26-28.His meetings with Prime Minister Vlad Filat; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar; Deputy Prime Minister Victor Osipov; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca; Democratic Party Chairman Marian Lupu;

• Detroit Free Press: Officials work with Tea Party raises eyebrows 2010-07-29

  Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | Affidavits filed by more than half of the 23 candidates from Michigan's mysterious Tea Party were notarized by the political director of the Oakland County Democratic Party, elections records show, providing more fuel for suspicions that Democrats organized the new party to hurt Republican chances in the November election.

• Deutsche Welle: Far-right NPD ups ante with media offensive in eastern German state 2010-07-29

  Five new newspapers have gone into print in the eastern state of Thuringia with the aim of furthering the far-right. The much-maligned National Democratic Party, widely seen as a neo-Nazi group, is behind the move. DW-WORLD.DE: German and European news, analysis and multimedia from Deutsche Welle -

• Nigerian Compass: 2011: Jega jerks up voters registration budget to N82b 2010-07-29

  Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs/State Secretary Grigory Karasin made a working trip to the Republic of Moldova from July 26-28.His meetings with Prime Minister Vlad Filat; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar; Deputy Prime Minister Victor Osipov; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca; Democratic Party Chairman Marian Lupu;

• Kyodo News: DPJ holds party-wide meeting to review electoral setback 2010-07-29

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• globalresearch.ca: Kyodo News 2010-07-29

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2010-07-27: Headlines

• Thaindian.com: Thaindian News 2010-07-27

  Local news, weather, sports, traffic, health, consumer and television programming information for Charlotte, North Carolina.

• Media Matters for America: Fox News long history of race-baiting 2010-07-27

  Howard Dean and Joan Walsh recently called out Fox News, criticizing what they called its "racist" handling of the deceptively edited Shirley Sherrod video clip. Indeed, Fox News and its personalities have a long history of aggressive race-baiting and racially charged commentary. | Sotomayor and all this other stuff." | racist is preposterous. | that Fox News is hyping "one 'scary black people' and 'Obama's a racist'

• Nigerian Bulletin: SSouth govs, others back Jonathan for 2011 polls – The Guardian 2010-07-27

  One by one, everybody is falling in line. Behind Goodluck Jonathan. Governors and other leaders of all the ethnic nationalities of the South-South geopolitica...

• Korea Times: Parliamentary by-elections take place today in 8 districts 2010-07-27

  Keywords: www.koreatimes.co.kr delivers the latest information on all events and stories taking place in Korea.

• Nigerian Bulletin: Why Akunyili Is Fighting Me – Soludo – Daily Independent 2010-07-27

  The politics of ego between former Central Bank Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, and Information and Communications Minister, Dora Akunyili, got messier on Monda...

• WBTV: DNC leaders to visit Queen City 2010-07-27

  Local news, weather, sports, traffic, health, consumer and television programming information for Charlotte, North Carolina.