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Radical Pirate Party Ahead in The Polls Days Before Icelandic Election
Nov 3, 2016As Iceland prepares to go to the polls for its Parliamentary elections on Saturday, a radical pirate party, made up of hackers and activists, is ahead in the polls. The country's once-fringe Pirate Party is led by a former WikiLeaks ...
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Ben & Jerry's Cunveils New Ice Cream Flavor in North Carolina
May 19, 2016Ben & Jerry’s has chosen North Carolina to launch its newest flavor and “Democracy Is In Your Hands’ campaign because it is at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights in the US. Almost immediately following the 2013 ...
Tags: Ice Cream Flavor, Democracy
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Chevrolet, Buick and GMC Expand Military Discounts
Apr 11, 2016Until May 31, 2016, Chevrolet, Buick and GMC will have their military discount programs for all 21 million U.S. military veterans and their spouses, in honor of National Military Appreciation Month. GM vice president of U.S. sales and ...
Tags: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Military Discounts, National Appreciation Month
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AIIB to be Lean, Clean, Green, Says President-designate
Dec 28, 2015The China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was formally established Friday. Expectations are high for the new global multilateral financial institution, which will operate in an open, fair and efficient manner, AIIB's ...
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AIIB Wins Trust before Opening: AIIB President-Designate
Dec 17, 2015File photo of Jin Liqun, the president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. [Photo: p-along.com] The president-designate of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank says the lender has earned trust on the international ...
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Webster's Word of The Year Is ISM
Dec 16, 2015The word of the year isn't a word at all, according to Merriam-Webster dictionaries: It's a suffix, "ism." The editors of Merriam-Webster found that three little letters kept appearing at the end of words their users were looking up in ...
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Vietnam and EU Have Agreed in Principle on a Trade and Investment Agreement
Aug 6, 2015Vietnam and EU have agreed in principle on a trade and investment agreement, the most ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that the EU has ever concluded with a developing country, the European Commission said on its ...
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Chinese Officials Will Undergo Traditional Chinese Culture Education
Jun 17, 2015Chinese officials will undergo traditional Chinese culture education since in September through textbooks to enhance their skills, the Chinese Academy of Governance said Monday. Observers said that the textbooks will complement China's ...
Tags: culture education, textbooks
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Southern African Apparel Manufacturers Aim to Promote Trade Between US and South African
Feb 11, 2015Leading apparel manufacturers from Lesotho, South Africa, and Botswana, with support from the US government, are participating in the ‘Sourcing South Africa’ pavilion at MAGIC apparel expo to be held from February 16 to 19, ...
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Honest Mum to Present How to Turn Your Blog Idea Into a Business
Jan 21, 2015Honest Mum to present ‘How To Turn Your Blog Idea Into A Business’. One of the UK’s most successful bloggers will be sharing her tips on how to turn your blog into a profitable business that brings in serious cash, at ...
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History of Poetic Culture
Jan 8, 2015Poetry is the earliest form of Chinese literature that originated from folk songs before the written Chinese language even existed. The earliest anthology of ancient poems, Shi Jing (Book of Poetry), which is prized by scholars for its ...
Tags: Literature, Chinese Poetry
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New China Has Seen Rapid Changes in The People's Clothing
Oct 22, 2014On the first day of October 1949, 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians gathered at Tiananmen Square in the heart of Beijing and joined the founding ceremony of the New China. Chairman Mao read out the public announcement of the Central ...
Tags: Western dress, leather shoes
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How Much of Walmart's Revenue Comes From Its Shoppers's Food Stamps
Apr 22, 2014How much of Walmart's revenue comes from its shoppers' food stamps? The store isn't required to say. But a January Court of Appeals ruling could change that. If the unanimous decision by the Eighth Circuit's panel of three judges holds, the ...
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R-Texas Called for Less Federal Regulation for Oil and Gas Drilling
Mar 27, 2014US Representative Pete Olson, R-Texas, on Tuesday called for less federal regulation for oil and gas drilling, including allowing some drilling in national parks. Olson, who spoke at the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners ...
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Madagascar's New Leader Vowed Wednesday to Toughen His Government's Crackdown
Feb 18, 2014Madagascar's new leader vowed Wednesday to toughen his government's crackdown on the illegal trafficking of precious woods from the Indian Ocean island. Hery Rajaonarimampianina said he would personally "wage this battle against the ...
Tags: Madagascar, Illegal Logging, rosewood
