Posts Tagged ‘Current Events’

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Nebraska city’s controversial immigration rule passes

Voters in Fremont, Nebraska passed a much-debated measure Monday that would prohibit businesses and landlords from hiring or renting to people who are in the United States illegally.
Election workers told CNN affiliate KETV in Omaha that the unofficial results were 3,906 in favor to 2,908 against the measure; Workers said [...]

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How old is too old to have a baby?

Barely able to sit up due to intense pain, first-time mother Bhateri Devi steadies herself with the help of a family member. She has had a Cesarean section, an experience many women have endured.
But Devi is different: She gave birth to triplets in May this year and is 66 years [...]

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First Lady Visits Haiti

First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden visited the Haitian capital, meeting with government officials but also touring some of the hardest-hit areas of Port-au-Prince.
A U.S. Army helicopter gave Obama and Biden a visual tour of the devastation, and then the U.S. Government representatives met with Haitian [...]

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Developing a national Emiratisation policy

The emiratisation employee forumto be held on 25th and 26th January at the Fairmont has the theme Private Sector Emiratisation for Economic Prosperity and aims to provide a forum to discuss ways in which successful Emiratisation policies can be developed. It brings together participants from the public and private sectors arganizations.
Through a series of [...]

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Abu Dhabi to lead UAE growth, says analyst

The UAE will emerge from recession in 2010, with virtually all the growth coming from Abu Dhabi. Accoridng from an investment analysis report by Shuaa Capital, Dubai’s economy in set to contract in 2010 – it is a real story of two cities, “said Mahdi Mattar, head of research and chief economist at Shuaa.
We [...]