ALBANY,NY (RushPRnews)12/03/08-U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed to secure much-needed grant funding for a consortium of State University of New York campuses in the Greater Capital Region that would allow them to implement a new, cutting-edge approach for career education, workforce training and skill acquisition.
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President-elect Obama and governors tackle the economy

Philadelphia,PA (RushPRnews)12/03/08-Speaking to an assembly of nearly all of the nation’s governors in Philadelphia this morning, President-elect Obama called for innovation and collaboration, and invited dissenting opinions on how best to fix the economy.
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Motivation for Mumbai Attacks Murky

An image released on Dec. 1, 2008 of Ajmal Qasab who police say was one of the attackers captured during attacks in Mumbai

By Gary Thomas

Washington,DC (RushPRnews)12/03/08-The terrorist attack that left more than 170 people dead in the Indian city of Mumbai remains shrouded in mystery. Charges, countercharges, and sketchy and sometimes contradictory information have contributed to confusion about the attack. As VOA correspondent Gary Thomas reports, the most pressing questions about the attack are: who and why?
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Stephen Harper Has Crossed The Line -Urgent: Support the Coalition for Canada

OTTAWA, CANADA(RushPRNews)12/02/08-Stephen Harper has crossed the line, and opposition parties are asking the Governor General to accept a new coalition government! Click here to sign the petition, send a message, make a phone call, and counter Harper’s PR blitz attacking the coalition:
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Acting if he had a majority government, Stephen Harper has tried to exploit the economic crisis to push through a series of aggressively partisan and ideological proposals while doing nothing to actually stimulate the economy.
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Remarks of President-elect Barack Obama Announcement of National Security Team

Chicago, IL(RushPRNews)12/02/08-Good morning. Last week, we announced our economic team, which is working as we speak to craft an Economic Recovery Program to create jobs and grow our struggling economy. Today, Vice President-elect Biden and I are pleased to announce our national security team.
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Bomb scare in south Delhi market

New Delhi, India(RushPRnews)12/02/08-Shops shut down, people ran helter skelter and the bomb disposal squad arrived at a market in south Delhi Monday evening after an auto-rickshaw driver raised an alarm, saying that passengers might have planted bombs in his vehicle. However, what were suspected to be bombs turned out to be crackers.
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Climate Talks in Poland Heating Up

by Dan Bloom

POZNAN, POLAND(RUSHPRNEWS)12/02/08– As the climate activists and climate skeptics debate the pros and cons of global warming — and whether man-made global warming is even happening at all — representatives from over 150 nations are meeting this week in Poland to try to map out a strategy to save the planet. Over 9000 people are participating in the 12 days conference, and while some critics are worried that it will be all “talk, talk, talk”, with little real action to try to stop global warming before things go past a tipping point, participants at the international conference are “thinking positive”, they told RushPRnews.
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Obama Reveals The National Security Team

The National Security Team

WASHINGTON(RushPRnews)12/01/08-With Monday’s introduction of key members of the National Security Team, President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden have now chosen nearly half of the cabinet, including the heads of the departments of State, Defense, Treasury, and Justice.

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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Urges Pakistan to Cooperate With Mumbai Investigation

By Tom Rivers

LONDON (RushPRnews)12/01/08-U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is calling on Pakistan to fully cooperate with the Indian investigation into the Mumbai massacre. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from London.In London, on a shortened trip to Europe to accommodate a visit to India later this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the U.S. has told Pakistan that it expects clear, transparent cooperation with the Indian investigation into the Mumbai massacre.
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