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United Nations: Commission On Limits Of Continental Shelf Concludes Nineteenth Session (Popularity:  )
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United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea -- The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its nineteenth session at United Nations Headquarters from 5 March to 13 April, pursuant to the decision taken at its eighteenth session (CLCS/52, paragraph. 53) and paragraph 45 of General Assembly resolution 61/222. The plenary part of the session was held from 26 March to 5 April, ...
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United States Transfers Six Uighur Detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Palau (Popularity: )
The Department of Justice today announced that six detainees who are Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity have been transferred from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the control of the Republic of Palau.Ahmad Tourson, Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, Edham Mamet, Anwar Hassan, Dawut Abdurehim and Adel Noori were resettled in Palau earlier today.These detainees, who were subject to release from Guantanamo Bay as a result of court orders, had ...
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University of Maryland's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Partners with Peking University to Deliver 2010 China Business Plan Competition in Beijing (Popularity: )
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The University of Maryland's leading Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business today announced the launch of the 2010 China Business Plan Competition, in partnership with the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University in Beijing. Students from both universities have the unique opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship and collaborate to come up with business ideas working virtually across continents, then compete together in China ...
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US Department of the Treasury - Seized & Forfeited General Property Program (Popularity: )
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VSE Corporation and Rick Levin & Associates, Inc. will conduct an auction of seized and forfeited property on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.Other agencies that are participating include: U.S. Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, and Secret Service. Proceeds from the auction are returned to these agencies through the Treasury Asset Forfeiture Fund for the continuation of their enforcement efforts.The auction will ...
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US Military Pacific Commanders Make Case for Missile Defense in Testimony (Popularity: )
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Riki Ellison, Chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance,reports on the testimony of the US Military Pacific Commanders who appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 19, 2009. Their testimony focused on missile defense capabilities. Excerpts of that definitive testimony follows after Ellison's introductory remarks."On the shores of one of the most western points of the United States looking over the horizon of the Pacific Ocean facing west, ...
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USAID Announces New Mission Director to Regional Mission in Ukraine (Popularity: )
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The Acting Deputy Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), James Kunder, today administered the oath of office to Janina Jaruzelski as Mission Director for the USAID Regional Mission in Ukraine. "USAID is sending one of its most talented leaders to Kiev," said Kunder. "Janina has the qualifications, experience, technical expertise, and creativity to lead our Regional Mission in Kiev and our Country Offices in Moldova and ...
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USAID Helps Flood Victims in Colombia (Popularity: )
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 in response to the heavy rainfall on February 15 and 16 in Columbia. Due to the rains, the Mira River in southwestern Colombia overflowed, causing extensive flooding in Tumaco municipality, Narino Department in Colombia, which left at least one dead and affected an estimated 31,250 people.The money will be provided to humanitarian agencies in Columbia for the purchase and ...
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USAID Hosts Iftaar Dinner (Popularity: )
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator, Henrietta Fore, hosted an Iftaar dinner last night at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Professor Ingrid Mattson, President of the Islamic Society of North America, was the featured guest. "This is a sacred time for people of the Islamic faith. It is a time of fasting, prayers, worship and contemplation; and it is a time to strengthen family and ...
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USAID Sends Assistance in Response to Chile Earthquake (Popularity: )
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In response to the earthquake in Chile the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $1 million to the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC), to help with emergency assistance needs. In addition to the $1 million to IFRC, USAID is providing shelter material and mobile water treatment units to assist the people of Chile.The two water treatment units USAID is providing will benefit up to 20,000 people ...
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USAID Sends Emergency Assistance to Djibouti for Cholera (Popularity: )
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The American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are providing $100,000 in emergency funding to the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) for medical supplies and to facilitate an intensive health, sanitation and hygiene campaign to prevent the further spread of diarrhea in Djibouti. Since January 2007, limited access to safe drinking water and poor sanitation and hygiene conditions led to a surge in diarrhea and cholera in Djibouti, ...
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