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Broadcast Live in China: Washington DC Protest of Hong Kong DeportationsSunday, July 01, 2007 9:51:00 PM WASHINGTON, D.C.–Falun Gong practitioners hosted a rally, June 30, in front of the Chinese Embassy to protest Hong Kong's deportation of Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan, Australia and other a ... Full Story
Seventh Official Quits U.S. Justice DepartmentFriday, June 29, 2007 6:52:00 PM WASHINGTON—An assistant attorney general at the Justice Department announced her resignation Friday, becoming the seventh official to quit the department since the Democratic-led Congress launched an ... Full Story
Rare Diary Published by Holocaust Memorial MuseumWednesday, June 27, 2007 6:50:00 PM Washington, D.C.—In 1933, James Grover McDonald (1909-1964) sensed the danger facing Jews in Nazi Germany before almost anyone else. He worked hard to help German Jews emigrate and settle abroad, but ... Full Story
Modern Day SlaveryMonday, June 25, 2007 6:56:00 PM Washington, D.C.—The scourge of human trafficking is getting more attention nowadays than in past years. It was estimated by a U.S. Government sponsored study that 800,000 people, of which 80% are fem ... Full Story
Refugees First Impressions of America on World Refugee DayMonday, June 25, 2007 6:08:00 PM Washington, D.C. – On World Refugee Day, June 20, George Washington University and the U.S. Department of State hosted a panel discussion by refugees to the U.S. They gave first-hand accounts of the d ... Full Story
Mr. President: Remember Us!Monday, June 18, 2007 6:58:00 PM (An eye-witness account)Twelve bus loads of Degar Montagnards arrived outside Lafayette Square across from the White House at about 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 16. Some 700, dressed in white ... Full Story
'No Child Left Behind'—Should It Be Renewed?Monday, June 18, 2007 6:55:00 PM No Child Left Behind is up for reauthorization this year, and so it is an apt time to be asking how it has worked out. In 2001, the U.S. Congress passed the No Child Left Behind Act, with overwhelming ... Full Story
U.S. House Boosts Domestic Security Funds for 2008Friday, June 15, 2007 6:55:00 PM WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved significant increases in funds next year for domestic security and veterans care in a challenge to President George W. Bush's more l ... Full Story
Determined Deaf Man Soars as PilotMonday, June 11, 2007 9:04:00 PM The parents of Stephen Hopson used to say this to him as a child: "You can't become a pilot because you're deaf." This did not deter him.In February 2006, Stephen Hopson became the first de ... Full Story
Food Stamp Program Misses Many Poor in Maryland and VirginiaMonday, June 11, 2007 6:53:00 PM While many poor are being aided by the federal Food Stamp Program and other federal nutrition programs, many eligible people, including millions of children, miss out and go hungry, according to a new ... Full Story
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