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International Pokies Impact Conference 2006 September 18-19, Eden on the Park, Melbourne, Australia (Popularity:  )
Duty of Care proudly present the International Pokies Impact Conference to be held at Eden on the Park, Melbourne. Featuring Tim Costello AO (CEO, World Vision) as after dinner speaker, Phyllis Vineberg (Gambling Activist, Canada), Michael O’Neil (Economist), political party leaders including Nick Xenophon MP, People Power and the Greens along with aboriginal community leaders and other eminent speakers. The conference is being held prior to the Victorian state elections ...
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NBC's The Office Star Rainn Wilson to Narrate Documentary About Different Kind of Company (Popularity: )
http://www.thenewrecruits.com
Ironbound Films, creators of the Sundance and PBS sensation The Linguists, announced today that Emmy Award-nominated actor Rainn Wilson, who stars as Dwight Schrute on NBC's comedy series The Office, will narrate its feature documentary The New Recruits.The New Recruits is about a battalion of jet-setting business students armed with a radical plan to end global poverty: charge poor people for goods and services. They spend one year working with ...
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GlobalGiving Launches Chile Earthquake Relief Fund (Popularity: )
http://www.globalgiving.org/
GlobalGiving, the one-stop-shop for philanthropy, has launched the Earthquake Relief Fund for Chile, which will provide victims with critical necessities and services as the country struggles to recover from the devastating earthquake of February 27. Americans who want to help those affected can make tax-deductible gifts quickly and directly online at http://www.globalgiving.org/chile-earthquake/.GlobalGiving is partnering with local and international organizations who are responding by providing urgently-needed medical supplies, facilitating communications, and ...
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Statement by the First Lady After a Visit to Sochi Art Museum (Popularity: )
http://www.whitehouse.gov
The following is a transcript of a Statement by the First Lady After a Visit to Sochi Art Museum: Sochi Art Museum Sochi, Russia 10:51 A.M. (Local) MRS. BUSH: President Bush and I have loved having this chance to be in Sochi. I got to see the Paralympics, the Russian Paralympics team this morning. I wished them good luck in Beijing. So we're very excited to have this opportunity to ...
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Mother and Son Indicted For Transporting and Harboring Illegal Aliens (Popularity: )
http://www.usdoj.gov
Merlin Mireles, 39, of Metairie, La., a Customs and Border Protection Officer (CBP) who was assigned to the Port of Progreso, Texas, and his mother, Gloria Mireles, 66, also of Metairie, were charged today in a three-count indictment by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, transporting, and harboring illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten.The indictment alleges that Merlin and Gloria Mireles harbored an illegal Mexican and her two minor ...
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Pelosi Statement on Cordoba House (Popularity: )
http://www.interfaithalliance.org/
Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement concerning the Cordoba House:"The freedom of religion is a Constitutional right. Where a place of worship is located is a local decision."I support the statement (http://www.interfaithalliance.org/news/389-interfaith-alliance-expresses-disappointment-in-adl-statement-on-islamic-center) made by the Interfaith Alliance that, 'We agree with the ADL that there is a need for transparency about who is funding the effort to build this Islamic center. At the same time, we should also ask ...
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FDA Commemorates a Century of Protecting and Promoting Public Health (Popularity: )
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today will celebrate the centennial of the Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906 at an event dedicated to the agency’s past, present and future service to the nation. The ceremony, which will be held at the FDA’s Harvey W. Wiley federal building, will feature U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and Acting FDA Commissioner Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D. ...
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American Red Cross and Other U.S. Blood Centers Send Blood to Haiti (Popularity: )
http://www.redcross.org
As medical teams in Haiti continue to evaluate and treat the victims of the devastating earthquake, the American Red Cross is coordinating shipments of blood and blood products to Haiti at the request of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).Today, the American Red Cross is coordinating the shipment of 350 units of blood to Haiti - 175 units of blood from the Red Cross and the other 175 units from ...
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Kids of ABC News' Bob Woodruff Issue Memorial Day Weekend Call-To-Action Web Video Urging Teens to Tweet, Facebook, Donate $5.25 to Support Injured U.S. Troops (Popularity: )
http://tweettoremind.org
Mack, Cathryn, Nora and Claire Woodruff, whose dad is ABC News correspondent and ReMIND.org founder Bob Woodruff, today released a video http://tweettoremind.org/525-teens/ asking teens nationwide to join the 525 Teens movement for Memorial Day Weekend fundraiser Tweet to ReMIND. Starting today, Tweet to ReMIND aims to raise $1.65 million for U.S. troops returning from Afghanistan and Iraq with injuries from service (that's one dollar for each service member deployed since ...
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Bipartisan Policy Center to Launch Debt Reduction Task Force (Popularity: )
http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will launch its Debt Reduction Task Force, led by former Senator Pete Domenici and Dr. Alice Rivlin, with top budget experts, business and labor leaders, stakeholders, and former elected officials, on Monday, January 25, 2010. BPC Founders and Advisory Board Members Howard Baker, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole will introduce the Domenici-Rivlin Task Force and comment on the economic, political and international implications of America's ...
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