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As Millennials reject gender roles, but embrace marriage, they're changing society

Thu, 24 May 2012 09:24:59 -0700
Having embraced the dreams of their Boomer mothers and grandmothers for equal participation in all spheres of life, the aspirations of Millennial generation women are upsetting the traditional roles of both sexes, not only in the workplace, but at home as well.
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Garo outfit claims footfall

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:00 -0700
"Many youths are not so hopeful of the future and they all seem to be just drifting," Marak said.
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Berlin Meeting Rejects Boycott of Euro 2012 and Distances Itself From Merkel's Ukraine Remarks

Thu, 24 May 2012 04:58:00 -0700
KYIV, Ukraine, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --It is important to separate politics from sport, and a boycott of Euro 2012 in Ukraine would be counter-productive and mistaken.  This was the consensus among ...
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IHT Rendezvous: As China Marches Ahead, Is It On Solid Ground?

Fri, 25 May 2012 00:24:47 -0700
Reports of a weakening economy, combined with concern over moral decline, pose a question for China: Do Communist states, perhaps, have a natural lifespan?
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Congress Shocked By Law Society's Decision To Ban UK Marriage Conference, "Natural Family" Violates Diversity Policy

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:26:08 -0700
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- World Congress of Families Managing Director, Larry Jacobs, reacted with astonishment to the decision by the Law Society to ban a "natural marriage" conference co-sponsored by the Congress and Christian Concern, a WCF Partner in the United Kingdom.
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Tim Grobaty: Campaign trail leads to Historical Society of Long Beach

Wed, 23 May 2012 22:14:08 -0700
HISTORY HITS 50: The campaign trail in our Romp for the 5th District took us to a party at Parkers' Lighthouse Tuesday evening to celebrate the Historical Society of Long Beach's 50th anniversary.
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Egypt politics: A family affair

Thu, 24 May 2012 14:17:41 -0700
CAIRO, EGYPT -- I witnessed a transformation on my return to my childhood home in Cairo on Wednesday.
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Vintage postcard collection coming to Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:27:46 -0700
Spanning 120 years of local history, one local woman's extensive vintage postcard collection will show visitors at the Sunnyvale Historical Society on June 4 what the valley was like before it became Silicon Valley.
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Amid chaos, Malians hope to get their nation back on track

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:49:21 -0700
Professor Bruce Whitehouse's blog from Mali began last fall as a slice of culture and society in the West African nation.
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Elizabeth Warren’s identity politics

Wed, 23 May 2012 16:59:00 -0700
BOSTON Blond, blue-eyed Elizabeth Warren, the Senate candidate in Massachusetts and Harvard professor who cites “family lore” that she is 1/32nd Cherokee, was inducted into Oklahoma’s Hall of Fame last year. Her biography on OklahomaHeritage.com says that she “can track both sides of her family in Oklahoma long before statehood” (1907) and “she proudly tells everyone she encounters that she is ...
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