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Haiti disaster puts Red Cross CEO to the test 
Washington Post - 6 Hours ago
American Red Cross chief executive Gail J. McGovern was about to give a fundraising pitch to a roomful of Texas millionaires when news of the earthquake in Haiti reached her by text message. This Story
Red cross appeal for Haiti help Paisley Daily Express
Red Cross: $1.6 Million for Haiti from Local Donations WOKR 13
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In Haiti, no act of charity 
Washington Post - 16 Hours ago
Even in the midst of a terrible natural disaster, spiriting away a busload of kids in that manner -- with vague plans to worry about the "paperwork" later -- is no act of charity. The missionaries' misadventure     Add Comment

Youngest Non-Profit Founder Holds Charity Art Show and Auction to Benefit Children  
Forbes.com - 6 Hours ago
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos Street, Austin, Texas Brianna's Pennies of Love (www.penniesoflove.org), a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, founded by 10-year-old Brianna Vogel, will     Add Comment

United Way of Greater Los Angeles Report 'L.A. County 10 Years Later: A Tale of  
Globe Investor - 3 Hours ago
First Quantitative Report to Measure Los Angeles County from this Decade to the Last; Findings Show Widening Disparities Between 'Haves' and 'Have Nots' LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- United Way
United Way of Greater Los Angeles Report L.A. County 10 Years Later: A Tale of Two  Street Insider
United Way of Greater Los Angeles Report 'L.A. County 10 Years PR Newswire via MSN Money
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Haiti charity single makes history 
Antrim Times - 3 Hours ago
The star-studded cover of Everybody Hurts has become the fastest-selling charity single this century.
Haiti charity single makes history The star-studded cover of Everybody Hurts has  Isle of Man Online
Haiti charity song 'Everybody Hurts' on course to beome fastest-selling single this  The Independent
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Kidnapping of Haitian children was no act of charity 
Washington Post - 19 Hours ago
Anyone sitting in a dank, fetid Haitian jail for any reason probably deserves at least a measure of sympathy, so in that sense I feel sorry for the and trying to take them out of the country. But what     Add Comment

David Lynch's DLF.TV Launches New Mobile Video Channel With Mogreet Partnership 
SYS-CON Media - 3 Hours ago
David Lynch's DLF.TV Launches New Mobile Video Channel With Mogreet Partnership Non-Profit Partners With Leading Mobile Video Delivery Platform to Make Content Accessible on 200+ Million Cell Phones via
David Lynch's DLF.TV Launches New Mobile Video Channel With Mogreet Partnership Marketwire via Yahoo!
David Lynchs DLF.TV Launches New Mobile Video Channel With Mogreet Partnership Street Insider
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The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Announces Grant to The Trust for Public Land 
Business Wire - 6 Hours ago
Awarded for Campaign to Save Cahuenga Peak and Famed Hollywood Sign NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Tiffany & Co. Foundation today announced that it has awarded a $1,000,000 grant to The Trust for Public
The Tiffany & Co. Foundation Announces Grant to The Trust for Business Wire via MSN Money
Public Health Foundation gives grants to health nonprofits Star News Online
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United States: Corporate And Financial Weekly Digest - February 5, 2010 - Katten  
Mondaq - 3 Hours ago
As described in the January 29 edition of Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest, the Securities and Exchange Commission recently approved guidance on disclosure related to the effects on public companies
Flushing Financial Corporation Donates $15,000 to United Way of Long Island's Project  Street Insider
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Sandi Toksvig helps raise £15,000 for homeless charity 
Diva Magazine - 6 Hours ago
Stonewallâ??s Ben Summerskill has claimed that a new film for schools is one of the achievements he is most proud of. Speaking at the glittering London launch of FIT the ground-breaking film was praised     Add Comment

Gildan Launches Program to Support Charities 
Promotional Impressions - 9 Hours ago
Gildan Activewear, St. Michael, Barbados, recently announced the launch of its 'I Support...' program, an initiative aimed at supporting charities across the country. 'As part of our overall [principle     Add Comment

NGO donates essential commodities to Bokoto, Zai Qur'anic schl pupils 
Daily Triumph - 16 Hours ago
THE Foundation for Social Development of Destitutes, Jigawa state chapter, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO), has donated essential commodities worth thousands of Naira to 150 pupils of Bokoto and     Add Comment

Charity body gives gifts to typhoon victims 
Lao News Agency - 18 Hours ago
(KPL) The Government of Sweden has provided more than US$700,000 to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) in the Lao PDR to assist the ongoing relief work for     Add Comment

Climbing, DANCING and dogfighting: New YMCA cardio room offers something different 
TMC Net - 19 Hours ago
(The Times-News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Sick of the same old treadmills and ellipticals? The Canyon Rim YMCA might have a solution. The YMCA updated its offerings last     Add Comment

In the Spirit of the Games, Canadian Athlete Supports Charity 
TMC Net - 18 Hours ago
(Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Canadian Snowboardcross athlete and Olympic rider Rob Fagan showed his true colours today as he announced he plans to donate half of his winnings to charity should he reach
In the Spirit of the Games, Canadian Athlete Supports Charity Snowboardcross Rider  PR inside
In the Spirit of the Games, Canadian Athlete Supports Charity Snowboardcross Rider  PR inside
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NGO welcomes EUâ??s stance on palm oil as biofuel 
New Energy World Network - 19 Hours ago
World Growth, a pro-development NGO, has welcomed the leaked news that the EU Commission has chosen to endorse palm oil as a biofuel. Green groups WWF and Friends of the Earth contend that the palm oil     Add Comment

Data entry training at YMCA 
The Hindu - 21 Hours ago
A four-week data entry training and placement programme is being organised by YMCA Computer Centre at Narayanaguda from Wednesday. Those interested may contact: 040-66777030/8125487125.    Add Comment

Gerard Butler Offers Himself Up For Charity: Come One Come All! 
Post Chronicle - 6 Hours ago
Gerard Butler is auctioning off a night of his company to raise money for a children's cancer charity. The 300 star is offering up the date to benefit non-profit organisation Kids Kicking Cancer, which
Gerard Butler Auctions Himself For Charity Teen First Teen Magazine
Butler offers himself for charity Express India
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Obama calls on lawmakers to fight U.S. deficits 
Reuters - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he asked leaders from both political parties to join long-term efforts to reduce U.S. deficits. Speaking to reporters after meeting Democratic
Democratic lawmakers call on Obama to ratify Korea FTA Individual.com
HAITI: U.S. Lawmakers, NGOs Call for Debt Cancellation Bank Information Center
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BRIEF: Marion gives Red Cross $13,000 for Haiti relief efforts 
Individual.com - 2 Hours ago
(Florence Morning News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The City of Marion presented the Pee Dee American Red Cross with a check for $13,000 for Haiti relief efforts Tuesday morning.     Add Comment
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[AL: The irony of funding those who oppose granting American Jewish immigrants Israeli  
Independent Media Review Analysis - 6 Hours ago
Question: Do the American Jews contributing to NIF realize that some of the Arab NGOs they are providing funds to via NIF oppose granting Israeli citizenship to American Jews who move to Israel? The right     Add Comment

Immigration overhaul called a vital issue 
Miami Herald - 15 Hours ago
A group that supports an immigration policy overhaul said candidates could lose the Latino vote if they don't support it. Similar stories: â?¢ Latinos say their votes could tip 40 congressional races     Add Comment

Senators air views on Olivarâ??s American citizenship 
Manila Bulletin - 9 Hours ago
Two senators on Tuesday questioned Malacaangs adherence to the law that provides stringent policies for citizens with dual citizenship. In separate text messages, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel     Add Comment

Immigration helps boost relative wages of U.S.-born workers at all levels of education 
Economic Policy Institute - 16 Hours ago
There is broad agreement among economists that immigration has a small but positive impact on the average wages of workers born in the United States: while new immigrant workers add to the labor supply,     Add Comment

Brazilian Man Wins Asylum in U.S. 
Advocate.com - 17 Hours ago
From left: Rena Stern, Pereira de Souza, and Brian Ward. A Brazilian man has been granted asylum by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as violence against LGBT residents of the South American nation     Add Comment

Obama Budget Curbs Border Security Programs 
ABC News - 2/7/2010
President Barack Obama speaks at the 58th National Prayer Breakfast on February 4, 2010 at the... President Barack Obama speaks at the 58th National Prayer Breakfast on February 4, 2010 at the Washington
Obama Proposes Border Security Cutbacks 2/4/10 CBS 7
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Try baby steps on immigration reform 
Washington Post - 2/7/2010
Regarding the Feb. 1 news story "": Immigration reform advocates would bolster their chances of success if they learned to take baby steps. A "path to citizenship" for illegal immigrants is a bridge too
Baby steps on immigration reform Washington Post
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US pressure behind UK visa cuts 
Hindustan Times - 2/8/2010
Britain's decision on Sunday to tighten border controls and reduce the flow of people entering the country as students by potentially tens of thousands a year was partly a consequence of U.S. terror concerns.     Add Comment

Drilon says Olivar must renounce US citizenship 
Manila Bulletin - 2/8/2010
Former Senate President and Liberal Party (LP) senatorial candidate Frank Drilon said Monday Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Gary Olivar must immediately renounce his American citizenship or quit his     Add Comment

Nigerians and tougher U.S. visa policy 
Nigeria Guardian - 2/8/2010
The thrust of this directive, apparently, is targeted at the 13 or so countries that are on the 'dreaded' 'terror watch list' as drawn up by the American authorities. That the new policy emanates from     Add Comment

Colleges Wary of Violence Near U.S. Border 
ABC News - 2/6/2010
Escalating Violence in Mexico Is Causing American Schools to Take Precautions As drug violence continues to escalate across the Rio Grande, particularly in Juarez, Mexico, many colleges and universities     Add Comment

The Dallas Morning News Katie Fairbank column: Atmos fixes billing error that burned  
TMC Net - 2/7/2010
(The Dallas Morning News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Solved THE PROBLEM: More than a year ago, Grace Recio's gas bill jumped from an average of $40 each month to $242. 'For
The Dallas Morning News Steve Blow column: A worrisome sign on the state of society Individual.com
The Dallas Morning News Todd J. Gillman column: Social Security faces rocky political  Individual.com
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Bulgarian immigrant granted US citizenship in 1981 told she has "never been an American."  
UPI - 2/7/2010
Exasperated, Boneva hired a lawyer, who proposed an ironic solution: Since her Bulgarian-born husband, Gueorgui Petrov, 36, became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2008 after Boneva sponsored him 10 years     Add Comment

Despite dim prospects, advocates push for immigration bill 
Boston Globe - 2/7/2010
WASHINGTON - As President Obama vows to refocus Democrats attention on jobs and the economy, advocates for overhauling the nations immigration laws say they are still gearing up for a battle in the Senate     Add Comment

El Salvador Denounces Migrant Deaths In Mexico 
Inside Costa Rica - 2/7/2010
Stay in Touch! While visiting Costa Rica you can avoid the complicated and costly ways of making and receiving local and international calls.    Add Comment

GOP wants Obama to empower them to cut budget 
El Paso Times - 2/8/2010
Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia sent a letter to the White House on Thursday asking Obama to invoke a provision that lets lawmakers cut money included in past budgets.
Colorado GOP lawmakers want $320M in budget cuts through pay cuts, possible layoffs DCExaminer.com
GOP budget plan gets Obama's attention Washington Post
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Obama must not panic on immigration 
Guardian.co.uk - 2/3/2010
President Obama's state of the union address last Wednesday came as a huge disappointment to the millions of Latinos who backed Obama 2-1 over John McCain in 2008. During the presidential campaign, Obama     Add Comment

Gary Olivar must dump US passport 
Philippine Star - 2/7/2010
DEMAND AND SUPPLY By Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star) Updated February 08, 2010 12:00 AM Granted that Gary Olivar is a dual citizen of both the Philippines and the US by virtue of our laws, the honorable     Add Comment

Obama's aunt gets immigration reprieve 
UPI - 2/5/2010
for now, a Boston court said Thursday. A judge gave Onyango and government lawyers 30 days to file closing arguments, after which he is expected to rule not later than May 25, The Boston Globe reported.     Add Comment

Borders U.S. Shareholder: Bankruptcy Not Likely 
Billboard - 2/4/2010
William Ackerman, CEO of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital, has said Borders U.S. is not a "likely bankruptcy." Ackerman, whose company is Borders U.S.' largest shareholder, also told CNBC's "Fast Money"     Add Comment
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