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• Caribbean Nations Lobby For Extension Of The Caribbean Basin Initiative Acts To Allow Jurisdictions Continued Trade Preferences

  2008-02-01 00:44:00

  Caribbean Holds Pressure: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: This week, Caribbean lobbyists were back on Capitol Hill in the United States telling an investigative panel how absolutely imperative it remains to have the Caribbean Basin Initiative acts extended to allow jurisdictions in this region continued trade preferences. They were giving testimony at a public hearing of the United States International Trade Commission, a move that was suggested by U.S. Congressman Charles Rangel of the Ways and Means Committee as a means of properly identifying the ways that U.S. trade and aid policy can most help the Caribbean Basin. “The OAS would support the renewal and extension of the CBTPA in order to lock in the continued benefits to those countries presently reaping strategic economic and political benefits within the present construct,” said Secretary General José Miguel Insulza. He was one of several Caribbean officials who gave testimony before the panel and argued that endin
• People’s food preferences are ‘written’ in their genes

  2007-10-23 09:01:30

  UK researchers have suggested that people’s food preferences may be dependent on their genes, instead of their upbringing and social environment, as earlier thought. ...
• Trends And Opinion Polls Reveal Shifting Voter Preferences In Ukraine

  2007-09-18 03:01:00

  KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine’s parliamentary elections on September 30 are unlikely to bring overwhelming victories for either the “orange” camp of Our Ukraine-Self Defense and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc or the “blue” camp of the Party of Regions. Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc campaign tour in Poltava, Ukraine region. Ukraine’s regional and linguistic divide makes such a landslide unlikely; instead, both
• Blogging In Bed and Preferences Poll

  2007-05-23 00:36:39

  Class: I'm sure you've wondered about the absence of your blondalicious teacher, right? And here's your answer: I've been busy with house guests. Definition of house guests: those who don't understand about a blogging addiction and who want to talk, eat, travel, and otherwise occupy your time.As a matter of fact, it's not only house guests who don't understand blogging. Many people don't know the word 'blog', could care less about blogs, bloggers, and blogging, and feel that blogging is a silly waste of time. I'm shocked at the statistics which state that 8 out of 10 Americans never even read a blog! Imagine! Blogging is like breathing to me, so when I am forced to give up my blogging jones, I suffer because I love to breathe!Today I told myself no matter what, I'm going to catch up on my blogs! As I was debating where to blog to avoid my company and the noise, I once again considered blogging in bed. My comfortable bed is where I used to blog for a period of time, and I am