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Africa: World Bank Announces U.S.$1 Billion Pledge to Africa's Great Lakes Region
Kinshasa :: Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 1 day ago
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DRC, MAY 22, 2013 On the first day of an historic joint United Nations/World Bank Group mission to the Great Lakes region, the World Bank Group announced $1 billion in proposed new funding to help countries in the region provide better health and
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SoShee Boutique partners share passion for fashion
Highland Park :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
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Michelle Burden and Wendy Banks Hometown: Chicago and Highland Park Name of business: SoShee Boutique Describe what you do/sell/serve: As owners/buyers of a women's boutique, we proudly stock clothing, jewelry and accessories...We are truly
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Toronto councillors want Mayor Rob Ford to explain photo
Toronto :: Canada | 1 day ago
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EDT Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attends the flag-raising ceremony marking the start of Pride Week on May 17, 2013. (Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail) As Toronto Mayor Rob Ford continued to avoid speaking to issues surrounding the alleged crack video
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Bid to elevate quagga mussel as invasive species
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 7 days ago
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A bill introduced in Congress Thursday seeks to elevate the fight against the quagga mussel, an invasive species that has spread from the Great Lakes to the lakes on the Colorado River. The mussel would be added by the bill to the list of species
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Mark Mattson a defender of the lakes
Kingston :: NY :: USA | 9 days ago
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EDT Toronto lawyer Mark Mattson heads an environmental group called Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. Mark Mattson spent his summers growing up on Wolfe Island, near Kingston, where his family has owned property since 1865, swimming, fishing and watching the
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Report card: Great Lakes still have big problems
Traverse City :: MI :: USA | 9 days ago
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Mich. (AP) A U.S.-Canadian agency says efforts to clean up the Great Lakes have yielded mixed results over the past 25 years and big problems remain. The International Joint Commission advises both federal governments on issues affecting shared
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Teen's hair set on fire by older students at school
Waukegan :: IL :: USA | 13 days ago
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An Illinois woman said school officials did not adequately discipline two girls accused of setting her daughter's hair on fire in class. TV, Chicago. "My friends was like, 'Tatyana, you hair's on fire! Your hair's on fire! and I was like, 'Are you
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Scientists map ship-borne invaders
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 19 days ago
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Scientists map global routes of ship-borne invasive species Environment correspondent, BBC News The rapid rise in cargo shipping has helped the spread of invasive species around the world Scientists have developed the first global model that analyses
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M.E.: Newborn found in Chicago Ridge could have survived
Chicago Ridge :: IL :: USA | 21 days ago
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Although he wasn't carried to full-term, the newborn boy found dead Wednesday in a soft cooler at a recycling center in Chicago Ridge could have survived if he had been given proper medical attention, the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled
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Three killed, 20 shot overnight in Chicago
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 22 days ago
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I heard gunshots, looked out my window, and saw my son laying on the ground. I ran out and held him, Lelia Rodgers, a mother of one of the deceased shooting victims, told DNAinfo. I kept asking him to talk, saying, I'm right here.' He took three
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