GOLD AWARDS (Dallas Morning News)
Pub. Date - Sat, 14 Oct 2006 07:50:39 GMT The Gold Award is the highest honor given by the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. Scouts must perform service projects, among other requirements, to earn the award.
Botswana: Mogae Takes Diamonds for Development Campaign to the US Capital (AllAfrica.com)
Pub. Date - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:42:25 GMT As part of his whirlwind 'Diamonds for Development' tour of the United States of America, President Festus Mogae gave a moving speech, on Botswana's development experience and natural resources management, at the Centre for Global Development in Washington D.C. Wednesday night.
Executive Order Blocking Property of and Prohibiting Transactions with the Government of Sudan (White House News)
Pub. Date - Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:54:49 GMT I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the continuation of the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States created by certain policies and actions of the Government of Sudan that violate human rights, in particular with respect to the conflict in Darfur, where the Government of Sudan exercises administrative and legal authority
Why seeking help for democracy's lesson from Westerners (News From Bangladesh)
Pub. Date - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:26:42 GMT REF : Dhaka ''tea party has been cancelled". -Was it ' on behalf of her excellency the ambassador of the United States of America, This is a common practice in Bangladesh that few politicians always becoming 'excited' while some westerners so called democracy experts arrive Bangladesh for advising democratic lessons.
UP Becomes 51st State (LSSU Compass)
Pub. Date - Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:12:43 GMT Since Hawaii became the 50th state in August of 1959, there have been no new states added to the United States of America, until now. The United States government has decided to officially make Michigan�s Upper Peninsula into a separate state. In the 1830s, when Michigan was still...
As Nation Reaches 300 Million, Hispanics Biggest Component in Growth (HispanicBusiness.com)
Pub. Date - Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:57:43 GMT Shortly before the business day begins Tuesday on the East Coast, the population of the United States of America is expected to roll over to 300 million, the U.S. Census Bureau says. Setting this landmark comes a little under 39 years since the U.S. reached 200 million on Nov. 20, 1967.
