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• China, a new maturity stage

  
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  The ups and downs of the Chinese economy are becoming an increasingly common phenomenon. They respond to a market that is entering some sort of a “teenage” phase. The Asian giant is sometimes giving good news and sometimes bad news to a world economy that sees China as the global engine of growth. Most likely is ...
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• World Bank says Kenya’s economic growth quickening, reforms needed

  
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  NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyas economy will grow an estimated 5.7 percent in 2013 before accelerating to 6 percent in 2014, the World Bank said on Monday, but warned structural reforms were needed to improve the business environment and attract foreign investment. "The economy is still operating below its potential and ...
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• 15 arrested at Sogo #Blackout 505 flash mob (Video)

  
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  Footage of the arrests at Sogo during a flash mob yesterday to generate publicity for the 22 June rally for electoral reforms. The group also called for the resignation of the Election Commission chairman. It seems the arrests have inadvertently provided even more publicity for the event. All the detainees were ...
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• G8 to say risks to economy lower, reforms needed: draft

  
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  By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) – Leaders of the worlds richest nations are likely to say next week that they are not content with progress so far in fixing their economies after the financial crisis. A draft copy of the communique being prepared for leaders at a Group of Eight summit, which was obtained by [...]
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• IMF sets first help for Zimbabwe in over a decade

  
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  The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it would work with Zimbabwe for the first time in more than a decade, as the troubled country headed toward court-ordered elections next month.
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• Zimbabwe’s Upcoming Elections

  
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  President Robert Mugabe on June 13, set July 31 as Zimbabwe’s election day . The chief opposition leader and current prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, flatly rejected the date and said he would challenge it in the courts. Earlier in the month the Zimbabwe constitutional court ruled that elections must be held by ...
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• Pennsylvania Refugee Conference was informative on so many levels

  
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  As I mentioned a couple of times yesterday, on Tuesday I traveled to Lancaster, PA (a “welcoming” resettlement city) for the 2013 Pennsylvania Consultation , a joint meeting between the “Commonwealth’s” refugee program and its workers, the national refugee contractors and the federal government. ...
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• Arizona prosecutors say they are still planning to try again to get Jodi Arias sentenced to death

  
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  As reported in this Reuters article , a "top Arizona prosecutor said on Wednesday that the state still plans to seek the death penalty for convicted murderer Jodi Arias for killing her ex-boyfriend, after a jury deadlocked last month on whether she should be executed." Here is more: [T]he same eight-man, ...
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• S. Orangetown’s Ken Mitchell new president of superintendents group

  
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  The Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents—an increasingly forceful voice for public education in NYS—has chosen South Orangetown Superintendent Ken Mitchell has its president for 2013-14. The Council includes about 80 school chiefs from Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Dutchess counties. Mitchell has ...
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• Not surprisingly, early buzz about a possible plea for Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro

  
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  As reported in this USA Today article , headlined "Lawyer for Cleveland kidnap suspect hopes to avoid trial," an initial court appearance for Ariel Castro is already leading to talk of a possible plea in this high-profile case. Here are the basics: The man accused of kidnapping and holding three women for a ...
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• Report on NY Debt Collection Pushes Reforms

  
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  View full post on Regulation Companies that purchase delinquent accounts secured an estimated $230 million in default judgments against New Yorkers in 2011, according to a report from the New Economy Project, but failed to prove they owned the debt in a majority of cases. The post Report on NY Debt Collection ...
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• These Political Parties Do Not Want You To Know How They Make Money

  
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  By Meghna Rathore : Transparency is the central tenet of any democratic system. Any state is merely an arbiter of stability in a nation and by no means can a democratic state be dominant and treat the populace as its subject. In India the RTI act is something sacrosanct and is responsible for maintaining ...
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• Moeller Falsely Claims, “House Passes Budget – Senate Does Not Act”

  
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  Representative Jim Moeller (D. Portland/Vancouver) sent out his usual spin the truth email this evening titled House Passes Budget – Senate Does Not Act laying all blame for a budget agreement not being reached on Republicans, as usual. In the email, Moeller claims, “Majority elected House Democrats have ...
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• Notable capital habeas echo from Firth Circuit after complaint about Judge Jones

  
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  As reported in this local piece , headlined "Chief Judge: New Panel Will Be Assigned to Consider Death Row Appeal; Execution still slated for tomorrow," there has now been at least one procedural consequence of the resent complaint filed against Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones concerning her comments at a law school ...
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• Why the Gotcha! Tests? – suggestions box

  
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  BIG GOTCHA TEST I’ve written a lot on education reforms in zine Musea. Here’s one small point - Why the gotcha tests. Gotcha tests, are tests that trick the student as if to say, ‘gotcha – you didn’t know that.’ Why not give the kids the tests ahead of time – it shows them what they need to learn. Then ...
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• Oklahoma Supreme Court Finds Tort Reform Law Unconstitutional

  
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  The Oklahoman reports that the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the states Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009 was unconstitutional under the state constitution. The court found that the statute violated the single-subject rule of the OK state constitution, which...
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• UK lawmakers meet to thrash out bank reforms

  
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  By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) – New proposals to improve standards and culture within UK banks will be thrashed out by British lawmakers in important meetings next week which could shape the industry for years to come. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, led by Conservative Andrew Tyrie, was set ...
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• Immigration reforms 2012 news: Things are getting ugly

  
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  Latest immigration reforms 2012 news may see disappointing for many people. There are reasons to believe that things are getting ugly By Parwinder Sandhu The much talked about immigration bill is facing yet another threat of collapse as the Florida Republican Marco Rubio while demanding an inclusion of added security ...
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• "Man in case of 3 Ohio women held captive faces 329 charges including murder, rape, kidnapping"

  
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  The title of this post is the headline of this AP report on the indictments coming from a local grand jury on Friday which charge Ariel Castro with hundreds of crimes for spending a decade torturing three young women in his Cleveland home.  Here are the details: A man accused of holding three women captive for ...
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• Merkel urges more EU structural reforms

  
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  BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European Union countries on Saturday to carry out further structural reforms, saying Germany could only remain in good shape if the European economy recovers. "Thats why its very much in Germanys interest to do everything it can to ensure other states implement ...
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