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Remarks by the President at Signing of the Health Insurance Reform Bill: Today, after almost a century of trying; today, after over a year of debate; today, after all the votes have been tallied –- health insurance reform becomes law in the United State...
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Vice President Joseph Biden's remarks at the signing of the Health Insurance Reform Bill: Mr. President, I think we got a happy room here. It seems ridiculous to say thank you all for being here. Ladies and gentlemen, to state the obvious, this is a his...
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Video (8min 16sec) President Obama speaks moments after the historic passage by the House of Representatives of the Senate's health reform legislation. Tonight, after nearly 100 years of talk and frustration, after decades of trying, and a year of sustain...
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Video (2min 24sec) "At the heart of this debate is whether we're going to accept a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people. Because if this vote fails the insurance companies are going to continue to run...
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Video: (6min 16sec) Relationship Between Canada and United States
This is a fascination video about the relationship between Canada and the United States. Canada and the United States have the largest trading relationship in the world. One and a half...
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Video: (17min 41sec) Canada Stepping Up Military in Arctic
As the scramble for Arctic resources intensifies, Canada is stepping up its military presence in the region. It's determined to protect its national sovereignty. "We will not compromise the def...
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Before researching business opportunities and trade Latin America, you must first learn about the region. It is divided into four blocs: North America, Central America, Southern Cone and the Andean States Latin America is constituted of the following c...
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The global slowdown has affected each and every industry and the investment capacity of people. Tax havens have not been an exception. The Caribbean states are already feeling affected by this downturn in global markets. One of the articles by Alastai...
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There is no doubt that real estate in Nicaragua is vastly cheaper than its southern neighbour Costa Rica, and the recent upturn in interest in Nicaragua has led potential investors to question both markets, and rightly so. However, when buying property...
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Panama’s energy authority has just presented a national plan for investment in the energy sector for the next fifteen years. According the Secretaría Nacional de Energía’s plan Panama will invest more than two billion dollars over that time to st...
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Video: (4min 55 sec) Future of Panama Canal And How It Works
Future of Panama canal - how it works. Panama economy and regional role in Latin America / North America, Panama canal, Colon free zone, banking, service industries, travel, tourism and reti...
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Video: (2min 45sec)Honduran Poor Pay Price of Coup
While the stand-off in Honduras between Roberto Micheletti, the interim president, and Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, continues, it is the people of the country who are suffering the most. Curfew...
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The Child Hope Foundation supports orphans and orphanages in Mexico.To find out more read on.The number of orphaned and abandoned children is increasing dramatically in Baja California, Mexico. All the orphanages in the state are filled to capacity and...
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Video (2min 51sec) : Mexico drug cartels hit Guatemala.
Guatemala is increasingly being used as a base for Mexican cartels who are under pressure in their own country, as Al Jazeera' Teresa Bo's discovers.This report contains some images that viewers...
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Video: Women of the United Nations police and peacekeeping forces that entered Liberia after the civil war have inspired a new generation of Liberian women to don uniforms.
"Law and order comes back so that there is a sense of security among the civilian...
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Video: For many women, sex slavery is the only viable means of escape from the destitution of their homeland.
This intimate look at the fiercely competitive multi-billion dollar skin trade explores viewpoints from the government, clubowners, and the wome...
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Video: Since the end of apartheid, thousands of white South Africans have been forced into poverty. They blame the government's positive discrimination policies, which favour black employees.Twelve years ago, Afrikaners like Betsie Dreyer lived a privileg...
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Video: Rising health care costs are sinking our country deeper and deeper into debt. President Obama calls on supporters to help finish the fight for health reform.
"...I've put forward a proposal that would do three things.
First, I would end the worst...
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President Obama invited the leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties to talk health care reform. Here's a little bit of President Obama's introduction.
"Here's the bottom line. We all know this is urgent. And unfortunately over the course of the ...
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Senator Harry Reid Takes Out Corporate Tax Breaks From Jobs Bill.
Harry Reid says that they are throwing out the jobs bill in the Senate. Well, that sounds discouraging, doesn't it? Because we're told that the jobs bill is really important and Reids junk...
