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Countries place cap on global temperature rise at Copenhagen

The developed world went through its industrial revolution with little regard for the environment, as it was not seen as a factor in those days. Now, as countries like India and China revolutionize, developed countries like Canada are demanding that they take action first?
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Barack Obama: A visionary’s choice for Nobel Peace Prize

And then there's the victor, Barack Obama, a Harvard law school graduate, community organizer, civil rights lawyer, law professor, junior senator and president of the most "powerful" country in the world. A stunning resume, but where are the accomplishments? The peace work, the advocacy, the results?
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Loudmouth Joe Wilson

Just as President Obama, during a speech about health care reform at a joint session of Congress Wednesday night stated his new health care plan would not cover illegal immigrants, Joe Wilson did the unthinkable. “You lie!” he shouted at the President, anger spewing from his mouth and his gaze.
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Obama’s speech resonates with Cairo crowd

I thought it was really effective in its own way and for its own purpose, which was to get Muslims and Americans thinking about their attitudes toward one another and to show the Arab world that America’s new government is committed to mending international relationships that have been negatively affected by Muslim extremists.
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Obama will try and mend U.S.-Islam relations

The way in which Islam is portrayed in western media is not its true form. Extremists have soiled the foundation of the world’s second largest religion. A lot of people have an innate prejudice towards anyone who looks remotely Muslim or even just dark and suspicious.
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Swat Valley violence carries on

Pakistan’s Swat Valley has become the site of yet another humanitarian crisis as nearly half a million inhabitants flee in efforts to escape the battle between the Taliban and government troops, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).