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bloomberg.com - 11/18/2008
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Condoms Trump Abstinence in Obama Global AIDS Policy (Update1) By Jason Gale and John Lauerman Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama will reverse U.S. family-planning and AIDS-prevention strategies that have long linked global funding to anti-abortion and abstinence education, a ...
Thumbs up or down for GM?
canada.com - 11/17/2008
Thumbs up or down for GM?
— canada.com — Yes David W. Paterson General Motors of Canada The global credit crisis has now placed the auto... economy front and centre in economic discussions in the United States, Canada and indeed worldwide. There are two important questions we at General Motors ... (more) Thumbs up or down for GM?

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reuters.com - 11/21/2008
Obese have right to 2 airline seats --Canada court | U.S.
— reuters.com — OTTAWA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Obese people have the right to two seats for the price of... one on flights within Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday. The high court declined to hear an appeal by Canadian airlines of a decision by the ... (more) Obese have right to 2 airline seats --Canada ...

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news.yahoo.com - 11/12/2008
Canada won't extend Afghan commitment, minister says - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — TORONTO (Reuters) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said on Sunday that a stepped-up emphasis by U.S. President-elect... Barack Obama on fighting terrorism in Afghanistan won't change Canada's plans to pull its military out of that country in ... (more) Canada won't extend Afghan commitment, minister says ...

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The Republic of T.:  Cancel Those Orders

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Cancel Those Orders
The Republic of T. — An Australian blogger has laid out an ambitious first-term agenda for the Obama administration. Four major pieces of pro-gay legislation should be passed within Obama’s first term. First will be the Matthew Shepard Hate Crime Act and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which will protect gays from hate crimes and discrimination in the workplace for the first time at a federal level. With a Democratic majority in both houses, transgendered protections removed from ENDA before the election will most likely be reinserted. Later should come bills to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy responsible for the sacking of over ...

Aids Day +20: And The Band (Still) Plays On…
Firedoglake — Photo via trygve.u. Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. It is also the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the AIDS virus (or 27th, depending on whose calculations you are reading). The fact that AIDS remains the #1 health threat worldwide ought to be an ...

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