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Justice Department files suit against Arizona over immigration law

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:30:32 +0000

The Department of Justice has filed suit against Arizona's immigration law, arguing that it interferes with the federal government's right to set and enforce its own border policy. The long-expected challenge names Arizona Gov

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Congress fulfills narrow ambitions with financial overhaul bill

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0000

United States - Business - Financial services - Financial Planning - Engines

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It’s Smart Business To Get Out Of Iran

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:41:28 +0000

An energized Congress, coupled with U.S. taxpayer frustration, is a dangerous force

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iPad Will Force Netbook, E-reader Makers to Evolve or Die

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:05:17 +0000

Apple has sold a million iPads in less than a month, a runaway tech success story that is shaking up the tablet computer and netbook marketplace, according to analysts.

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Cops yet to crack library theft

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:12:25 +0000

Cuttack, April 29: The police commissionerate is yet to crack the theft of rare and precious books, magazines, journals and music, along with computer peripherals, from the digital wing of Kanika Library at Ravenshaw University.

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Mowgli, for little Josephine

admin — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:54:31 +0000

London, April 8: A rare first edition copy of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, with a poignant handwritten inscription by the author to his young daughter, has been discovered at the National Trusts Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire.

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Karunanidhi donates 1,000 rare books to library (New Kerala)

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:09:57 +0000

Chennai, Feb 8 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today donated 1,000 rare books to the upcoming Anna Centenary Library, a world class public library being built by the state government at Kotturpuram.

A Big Map That Shrank the World (New York Times)

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:38:14 +0000

A world map created by the Italian-born Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci in 1602, which places China at its center, is on display at the Library of Congress.

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Rare Chinese-language map goes on display in Washington (Canada.com)

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:09:21 +0000

A rare 400-year-old Chinese-language world map that for one of the first times identifies "Ka-na-ta" as the territory that would one day become Canada went on display in Washington, D.C.

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Rare map offers a different view of the world (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:33:37 +0000

The "Impossible Black Tulip," a massive map showing the world with China at its center, will be displayed for the first time in North America at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., starting tomorrow.