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Hillary's 'plantation' remarks not amusing
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When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) told a group of African Americans at a King Day speech that Republicans were running the U.S. House of Representatives like a "plantation," she drew the outrage of the other side of the aisle.
Demanding that she apologize, the GOP - from the White House on down - made it clear that they felt her comments were out of bounds.
As usual, Black politicians didn't waste any time rushing to Clinton's defense. Maybe this desperate bid to curry favor with the presumptive 2008 Democratic presidential nominee is needed, but frankly, enough with another Democrat ...
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Borneo Research Council Ninth Biennial International Conference.(ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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; ...The Ninth Biennial Conference of the Borneo Research Council (BRC) will take place...Malaysia Sabah. The Conference Theme is: BORNEO ON THE MOVE: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE Further...sepanggar.wordpress.com. The Borneo Research Council (BRC) was established...
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The Peoples of Borneo.
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; ...groups to illustrate some of the considerable cultural variation amongst the peoples of Borneo. 'Borneo', of course, includes Kalimantan, or Indonesian Borneo, Sarawak and Sabah, making up East Malaysia, and Brunei. Chapter 1, 'The island...
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Anti-Japanese activities in North Borneo before World War Two, 1937-1941.
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; Anti-Japanese activities in North Borneo before the Pacific War were part of a...the Chinese in Southeast Asia. In North Borneo one of the most important outcomes was...community. During this period the North Borneo company, which had previously welcomed...
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HEART OF BORNEO: CONSERVATION VISION GIVES HOPE TO TREASURE ISLAND
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...following news release: The "Heart of Borneo" conservation initiative was officially...in the last ten years. "The Heart of Borneo harbours up to six per cent of the world...of Forestry. "Conserving the Heart of Borneo will not only save hundreds or even thousands...
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Contesting straits-malayness: The fact of borneo.
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
; ...language use in Kalimantan Barat (Western Borneo) a better understanding of cultural and...languages and their identities. Although Borneo looms large at the geographic centre of...and although most specialists agree that Borneo is the prehistoric homeland of the Malay...
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WWF: Fast-Disappearing 'Heart of Borneo' is Likely Home to Thousands of Species Still Undiscovered; Urgent Action Needed to ProtectIsland
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; ...least 361 new species have been discovered on Borneo, one of the most important centers of biodiversity...third- largest island. Released today, "Borneo's Lost World: Newly Discovered Species on Borneo" shows at least 361 new species have been...
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Rhinos Clinging to Survival in the Heart of Borneo, Despite Poaching
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...results of a field survey from the island of Borneo which found that poaching has significantly reduced Borneo's population of Sumatran rhinos, but...group continues to survive in the "Heart of Borneo," a region covered with vast tracts of...
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Three Nations Commit to Conserving the 'Heart of Borneo'
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire
; ...of the three nations on the island of Borneo -- Brunei Darussalam,Indonesia and...historic agreement toconserve the "Heart of Borneo," a mountainous region of rainforests...soon. Theconcentration of wildlife on Borneo is just astonishing but it is desperatelyin...
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RHINOS CLINGING TO SURVIVAL IN THE HEART OF BORNEO
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...that poaching has significantly reduced Borneo's population of Sumatran rhinos in recent...continues to survive in the "Heart of Borneo", a region covered with vast tracts...interior of Sabah. "Poaching has decimated Borneo's once-healthy rhino population...
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Three Nations Commit to Conserving the 'Heart of Borneo'.
PR Newswire
; ...of the three nations on the island of Borneo -- Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and...historic agreement to conserve the "Heart of Borneo," a mountainous region of rainforests...their desire to conserve the Heart of Borneo at the Convention on Biodiversity in Brazil...
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