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		<title>Saving Big</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Consumer&#8217;s Guide to Getting the Best Deals During the Holiday Shopping Season This season promises a more diverse selection on sales for consumers. Although the state of the economy is not the best, it will not prevent shoppers from getting their Black Friday deals. Businesses have found ways to still meet their quota of sales and hopefully appease all of the early birds out to get the worm. According to Quixel Research in Portland, you might find even lower prices on some merchandise than last season. Electronics are a major buy for all ages this Christmas. Televisions will be]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>More Black Males Are Commiting Suicide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; We all have our problems.&#160; Whether it is abandonment issues, poor self-image, a job we hate or family trouble, life can seem like an endless downpour of sadness and disappointment.&#160; While everyone feels down and out at times, the feeling of depression, along with worthlessness and hopelessness, can have a disastrous affect on anyone's life.&#160; According to the National Organization for People of Color against Suicide (NOPCAS), suicide is the third leading cause of death among Black males between the ages of 15-24, after homicides and accidents.&#160; While Caucasians are still more likely to commit suicide, the suicide rates]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>France Tosses New CPE Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Weeks of protests by French youth paid off as the government repealed the controversial job contract that would have made it easy for employers to fire young adults in just two years. Although, there is no new law in place, the French government plans to create subsidies in order to encourage employers to hire more young workers. They also plan to become more involved in the work force. According to the washingtonpost.com the government also plans to implement more programs at universities and colleges to help lower income students and to use the same laws that help high school dropouts]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jamaica Elects a Woman Prime Minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jamaica&#8217;s first female prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, was sworn in on March 30, with plans to decrease the countries high crime rate, which reached a record of 1,671 homicides with a population of 2.6 million, according to cnn.com &#8220;The first pledge I make as prime minister is to advance human rights and individual liberties,&#8221; said 60 year-old Simpson-Miller.&#160; &#8220;I pledge to work tirelessly to end all corruption and extortion. Both of these diminish our economic potential and I will do everything in my power to break the power of the criminals.&#8221; Simpson-Miller has been vice president of the People&#8217;s]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Youth in France Protest Over CPE Legislation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Despite angry student protests last weekend, the French governments First Employment Contract (CPE) legislation was passed on Monday allowing businesses to hire young workers for only a two-year trial, making it easier for them to get fired on short notice, according to BCCNews.com. The CPE is a new contract that will allow employers to hire more workers under 26 for two years. They can be fired after those two years for no reason.&#160; The law was created in response to last year's riots by unemployed youths in France. The government and other supporters of the CPE believe that this contract]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elections Continue in Benin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The African country of Benin had a&#160;run-off on Sunday after a second round presidential elections, the first in three decades. Yayi Boni is said to be in the lead, but the country&#8217;s National Independent Electoral Commission(CENA)&#160;will announce the official results on Thursday. According to Andnetwork.com over four million citizens voted.&#160;The first election was March 5. Some election officials allegedly underestimated the number of polling station and some complained of missing supplies. However, despite a candidate&#8217;s accusations, election officials at one voting center denied losing up to 1.3 million voting papers, according to independentonline.com. &#8220;Today is a celebration,&#8221; President Mathieu Kerekou]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Former Uganda President is Re-elected</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yoweri Museveni was elected president in Uganda&#8217;s first multiparty election in 25 years on Saturday, with plans to build up infrastructure, industrialize in order to promote employment and to commercialize Uganda&#8217;s agricultural sector. Runner up Kizza Besigye called the election &#8220;illegal&#8221; according to the Washington Post. Museveni has been president for the past 20 years and won 59 percent of the votes while Besigye won 37 percent. Besigye was not satisfied with the results. Museveni told the Washington Post that &#8220;The only people who can change that [the results] would be the courts. They [the Forum for Democratic Change] are]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Supporters of Preval Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Violence has spread over Haiti while its interim government reviews and investigates election results because of suspected fraud and irregularities in last weeks&#8217; presidential election, according to cnn.com. Leading candidate Renal Preval strongly alleges a &#8216;gigantic fraud&#8217; in the elections which may affect him in the &#8216;first-round victory,&#8217; according to USA Today. Associated Press Journalists and UN officials found empty bags and missing ballots, mostly marked with Preval&#8217;s name, in a garbage dump near the capital. Nearly 35,000 ballots came up missing at a polling site that was ransacked on Election Day. One center was destroyed after people became enraged]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rene Preval May be Haiti&#8217;s Next President</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The official results of Haiti&#8217;s first presidential election since the exile of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide two year ago&#160;will be announced today, according to the spokesman of candidate Rene Preval. Former president Preval is&#160;in&#160;the lead, even though all the votes have not been counted, reported the washingtonpost.com. Preval, who also served as prime minister to Aristide, gained favor with poor Haitians because of his help in building schools and improving social services. David Wimhurst, a U.N. spokesman, told the Post that more than 50 percent of Haiti&#8217;s 3.5 million registered voters were believed to have cast a ballot. He also]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Funeral Plans for Coretta Scott King</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Natasha Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, there will be a viewing for Coretta Scott King&#160;at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, according to WDEF News. On Saturday, over 25,000 people made their way to the Georgia Capitol to view the body of Coretta Scott King. They came as far as New York and Louisiana waiting at least two hours along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive&#160;while it rained intermittently, according to the&#160;washingtonpost.com. Her funeral will be held on Tuesday at the New Missionary Baptist Church, where her youngest child Bernice King is a minister. Some expected to attend the funeral are former President Bill Clinton and Sen.]]></description>
		
		
		
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