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...Bush Administration energetically supported these efforts. So did National Security Adviser Jim Jones when he served as a Middle East envoy during the Bush Administration. When Jones wanted to make the town of Jenin a model of how security could be improved, he worked closely with those of us who were encouraging private investments...
Examiner.com is not alone in gathering an army of writers to create a hyper-local network for the Web. Social-networking site Gather.com works in a similar fashion, as does Prime Writer News Network and Associated Content. Each revenue model is a little different, but they all rely on the willingness of people to write for love. Shelley Frost, the San Francisco dogs Examiner, posts about three times a week. She estimates that she makes a dollar a day out of her writing, and $50 each time she recruits a new Examiner. "I do it to build relationships with other...
...legendary Indian feminist, rejects as "naive" the idea that bride-burning can be linked to Sita's popularity. In the story, Sita eventually leaves Rama and raises her children alone in an ashram, believing that a husband who does not treat her well is dispensable. Sita may be the model for the long-suffering women of Indian TV and film, but novelist Ranga Rao argues that she also influences the strong-minded females in the beloved stories of R.K. Narayan...
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...Barack Obama's first overseas trips as President was to Turkey. When he visited in April he focused on the significant role the country - mainly Muslim, officially secular, and a member of NATO - has to play in the Middle East. Heralding "a model partnership," Obama said Ankara had an important part to play in global peace. "Turkey is a critical ally. Turkey is an important part of Europe. And Turkey and the United States must stand together," he told Turkish MPs in parliament...