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 President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo administers the oath of office to Fr. Joaquin Bernas, Dr. Carolina Hernandez, and retired Commodore Rex Robles as members of the Independent Fact-Finding Commission to investigate the Makati mutiny during ceremonies held
(photo: Malacaang )
Charter expert to Arroyo: Don't run for House
Inquirer
| ANGELES CITY, Philippines -- One of the framers of the 1987 Constitution said he did not regret failing to include a provision barring a president from running for a lower position after his or her term. | But Father Joaquin Bernas, an expert on constitutional law, said he would rather not see Pre...
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., right, makes a point during the debate with Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at Washington
(photo: AP / Don Emmert, Pool)
If White House Is Her Goal, Palin's Route Is Risky
The New York Times
| Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska offered few hints of what her next stage in national politics might be when she unexpectedly announced that she was quitting her job, other than to say on her Facebook page on Saturday that she was "now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together." Skip to...
House passes climate bill, but will environment benefit?
Buffalo News
| WASHINGTON — In early spring, when the prospect of a global warming bill passing Congress seemed like an Al Gore pipe dream, President Obama invited Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., to the Oval Office. | “He realized that this was a very to...
Man turns house into an eye-popping Route 66 remake
The Providence Journal
| WOODLAND, Calif. - Mark Reiff lives on an ordinary street in what was an ordinary house - until he bought a 1930s gas station pump at a yard sale. | In just nine years, inspired by the old Wayne pump, he turned his ranch-style tract house into an h...
Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Royal Opera House, London
The Independent
| Rossini's Barber of Seville is packed with showstoppers; but when did we last see it cast at such strength, sung with such tongue and vocal chord twisting relish, and conducted with such panache that every number did just that - stopped the show? A...
Open house introduces new Millworks Theatre
Nashville Tennessean
| The new Millworks Theatre in Lebanon is anything but the average run-of-the, well, you get the idea. In addition to offering a dinner theatre, the organization — based in the historic Mill at Lebanon, 300 N. Maple St. — is a 13,500-squa...
Asif Ali Zardari
AP
President for providing houses to the poor
The News International
Saturday, July 04, 2009 | By our correspondent | ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday said that out of box and innovative solutions were to be found to enable the Pakist...
British supermodel Kate Moss appears as a mannequin in a Topshop store window to launch her fashion collection in central London, Monday, April 30, 2007.
AP / Sang Tan
Kate Moss enjoys Blur's Parklife and enjoys a post-gig trip to the local curry house
The Daily Mail
| Kate Moss kept cool in the soaring temperatures as Blur made their "spiritual" homecoming in Hyde Park. | Chic in a pair of hotpants and knee high boots, the supermodel, 35, and ...
Barack Obama speaks at Neighborhood Ball
Public Domain / BrokenSphere
Obama begins July 4th celebration at Camp David, then hosts White House barbecue
Star Tribune
| WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is helping the nation celebrate its birthday and his daughter Malia celebrate hers. | The president is to fly Friday morning to Camp David, Md...
Housing Sale Statistics ANG papers
Contra Costa Times
Real estate: Overview of homes sold in Alameda, San Joaquin and San Mateo circulation area | ...
Housing Sale Statistics CCT
Contra Costa Times
Real estate: Overview of homes sold in East Bay circulation area: Contra Costa County, some Alameda, Solano | ...
Del Frisco's steak house is struggling financially
Philadelphia Daily News
| By Jane M. Von Bergen | Inquirer Staff Writer Inside the magnificent palace of commerce that was once the First Pennsylvania Bank, diners in pinstripes order prime porterhouse steaks or sip espresso martinis at the sinuous Del Frisco's bar. | Avera...
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The Union Minister of Urban Development Shri S. Jaipal Reddy addressing a Press Conference on the 100 days Programme of his ministry, in New Delhi on June 29, 2009.	The Minister of State for Urban Development, Shri Saugata Ray and the Additional Director General (M&C), PIB, Shri B.S. Chauhan are also seen.
(photo: PIB of India / Photo Division Ministry of Information & Boradcasting Government of India.)
DDA to construct 65,000 houses in 4 yrs
The Times Of India
|               Text: NEW DELHI: In a bid to address the acute housing shortage in the national capital, its development authority will build 65,000 houses in the next four years, Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy announced here on Monday. | "Of these 65,000 houses, 40,000 will be for the urban poor and...



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