 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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PONY TALES; Small plastic horsies are the main event for My Little Pony collectors, who say Cotton Candy, Blue Belle, Snuzzle and others bring happiness to their lives.(VARIETY)
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Byline: Jon Tevlin; Staff Writer
Jennifer Crutcher was driving through Wisconsin on her way from Cincinnati to Minneapolis when she found out about the terrorist bombings in London. She looked up and found solace in an unlikely icon stuck to her rearview mirror:
A My Little Pony magnet.
"It's just a peaceful feeling you get when you see them," said Crutcher, sitting at a table in the University of Minnesota's Coffman Union early this month for the annual My Little Pony convention. "The people who collect them just do it because they are sweet. ...
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Liberia's Resources Asleep - Chinese Envoy Says.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; ...Africa Global Media via COMTEX) But Exalts Sino-Liberia Relations Liberia's post war economy is in shambles and there is...into perspective. Chinese Ambassador accredited to Liberia, Lin Songtian seems unhappy with the lackadaisical...
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Liberia--the 'big scapegoat': Larry Luxner interviews Liberia's ambassador in Washington. (The Interview).(Interview)
Magazine article from: New African
; Liberia's flag resembles the Stars and Stripes of USA...area. With so much history linking the US and Liberia, why, then, are bilateral relations on the rocks? The answer, says Liberia's ambassador, William V.S. Bull, is simple...
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LIBERIA: U.N. PEACEKEEPERS MAY STAY ANOTHER YEAR.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service
; ...the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Liberia through March 2008, in an effort to maintain...The biggest threat to security in Liberia is the 85 percent unemployment," said...functioning economy that meets the needs of Liberia's people. Liberia's past external...
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'Liberia Intervention Could Prevent Terrorist Attack'.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; ...COMTEX) -- U.S. intervention is justified in Liberia because, as a failed state, Liberia could serve as a terrorist "breeding ground...diplomat participated in a July 17 forum, "Liberia: The Bush Doctrine Comes to Africa," held...
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Liberia: UN Reveals Suspect Diamond Deal.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; ...COMTEX) -- The transitional government of Liberia has forged a 10-year deal that gives...The National Transitional Government of Liberia has signed a secret agreement with the...year-old ban on diamond exports by Liberia should be maintained. The ban was originally...
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Liberia Slashes Debt with $1.2 billion Buyback at Steep Discount; Buyback was completed at no cost to the citizens of Liberia.
M2 Presswire
; ...17 April 2009-WORLD BANK GROUP: Liberia Slashes Debt with $1.2 billion Buyback...completed at no cost to the citizens of Liberia (C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16042009 Washington -- Liberia today announced that it had significantly...
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Liberia's President Must Restore Freedoms of Speech and the Press.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; Monrovia (Friends of Liberia, April 6, 2000) On March 15 the government of Liberia ordered its national police force to occupy and...broadcast offices of Radio Veritas and Star Radio. Liberia's newspapers, independent radio stations...
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Liberia: World Bank and IMF Support Liberia s Decision Point Under The Enhanced HIPC Initiative.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo
; ...Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed that Liberia has taken the steps necessary to reach...Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Liberia becomes the 33rd country to reach its...Bank, said: Following the clearance of Liberia s arrears to the Bank back last December...
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Liberia: CBL Licensed New Bank.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo
; Byline: pinto03 The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) yesterday, July 2, 2008, granted...banking institution called the AccessBank Liberia Limited. Also known as the Microfinance...shareholders of the proposed AccessBank Liberia, the Microfinance Bank, include institutional...
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Liberia: Rebels Are Slow to Disarm in Southeast, UN Says.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service
; ...for disarmament in the far southeast of Liberia because they hope to get more money by...commander of UN peacekeeping forces in Liberia, said on Wednesday. Owonibi told reporters...fighters of the Movement for Democracy for Liberia (MODEL) surrendering their guns to the...
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