Bloomberg.com: Canada
Canadian Stocks Rise on Commodity M&A Speculation; Alcan Gains
By John Kipphoff
July 11 (Bloomberg) — Canadian stocks advanced for fourth time in five days on speculation that record industrial metals prices will spur takeovers. Alcan Inc. led the rally on a report that Rio Tinto Group is about to trump Alcoa Inc.’s $28 billion hostile […]

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David R. Obey: Hard-Edged Cheesehead With the Power of the Purse - US News and World Report
A Hard-Edged Cheesehead and the Power of the Purse
By Silla Brush
Posted 7/8/07
Earmarking is hardly new, but over the past few years, the practice of Washington lawmakers quietly tucking billions of dollars for their pet projects into spending bills has […]

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Bush Justice Dept. Changes Federal Government’s Role in Civil Rights | The John Birch Society - Truth, Leadership, Freedom
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Bush Justice Dept. Changes Federal Government’s Role in Civil Rights
By Warren Mass
Published: 2007-06-14 21:47
The Bush administration’s Justice Department has reordered its priorities for civil-rights cases by placing more emphasis on religion-oriented cases, while reducing its […]

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Court: Man claims that article in Maltese law breaches his human rights
by Matthew Xuereb
A man has filed an application before the First Hall of the Civil Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction claiming that an article of the Maltese Criminal Code breached his fundamental human rights.
The application was filed by Lawrence Gatt against the Prime […]

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The News-Gazette.com:Hello (hola): Welcome to increasingly bilingual schools
Hello (hola): Welcome to increasingly bilingual schools
By Amy F. Reiter and Christine J. Won
Sunday, June 17, 2007 11:31 AM CDT
If it’s a Friday during the school year, Iracema Clarke’s students are probably speaking English.
But the signs on the wall depict two languages, and the children find Spanish words […]

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A New Era of Progress in the States
The 2007 State Legislative Season Shows States Taking the Lead on Progressive Reform
June 15, 2007
“It’s important to tell the story,” Diallo Brooks of the Center for Policy Alternatives told attendees at an event at the Center for American Progress yesterday focusing on progress in the states. No, Brooks […]

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