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Noor Investment Group LLC Launches Noor Takaful to Meet Growing Regional Demand
Dubai: 6 January, 2009 - Noor Investment Group Noor Investment Group LLC today announced the launch of its Noor Takaful brand offering a comprehensive and innovative range of Shari'ah compliant Takaful (Islamic insurance) products to meet the growing demand within the UAE and GCC region.
Ameriprise Clients Left in Lurch Funding Paris Hilton Film Flop
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Working out of an Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. branch in Orlando, Florida, Christopher Coulther offered his clients a deal that was hard to resist. Promising a 100 percent return on Costa Rican real estate, he enticed 98 people to invest almost $12 million.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse in the News
 •  Charles Barkley 'Disappointed'      Arrested for drunk driving.  •  Heather Locklear Gets Probation      Pleads to lesser charge.  •  PGA Suspends John Daly      Pro golfer still out of control.  •  Actor Sam Shepard Arrested      Twice the legal limit.  •  Rapper DMX Pleads Guilty      To serve...
Briefly in Tompkins
Ithaca High School students Jacob Evelyn (senior) and Mary Eloundou (sophomore) were awarded first prize and third prize in an essay competition to celebrate the French Presidency of the European Union, which ran from July-December 2008. Janet Bowman, French language teacher at Ithaca High School, learned of the competition through the Cornell Institute for European Studies' outreach program. ...
Freeze order on Bolante lapses
FORMER Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante can now do whatever he wants with the 32 bank accounts suspected to have been used to funnel the P728 million in fertilizer funds with the lapse of the freeze order on them by the Court of Appeals.
(SLIDESHOW) Rep. Latham plans to keep working for area
Republicans can debate "What if?" all day when it comes to the last election in State House District 101. What if Sen. Barack Obama had not been running for president and swept in straight-ticket voting Democrats across the ballot?
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A former Cherokee County prosecutor who received perks and money from a Galena adult club in return for favorable legal treatment -- including dismissal of a speeding ticket for the club's manager -- is to be sentenced on Monday for extortion.
Early Quintana established taxes, rules
Back in 1892, The “Velasco Times” newspaper and job shop printed ordinances for the city of Quintana, in which the duties and pay for various officers are listed in the first chapter.









Pope: Pollution could destroy world's future
Pope Benedict XVI is warning that pollution in the world could destroy our present and our future.

World markets extend gains, Nikkei up 0.4 percent
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday, shrugging off lackluster trade overnight in the U.S. and Europe amid growing optimism the world economy would start to recover later this year.

US opens world's largest foreign mission in Iraq
Just inside the gateway of the new United States Embassy in Baghdad, a US Army lieutenant colonel acted as the diplomatic equivalent of a Wal-Mart greeter, welcoming guests Monday afternoon to the dedication ceremony for the largest – and most expensive – American mission in the world.

Canada risked and was rewarded in country's fifth straight world junior gold
OTTAWA - Canada's fifth straight gold medal at the world junior hockey championship was won much differently than the previous four.

Golden again: Canada beats Sweden 5-1 to win world junior championship
OTTAWA - Canada's junior hockey team is back on top of the world, and this gold medal might be the sweetest one yet.

Canada wins 5th straight gold at world juniors
OTTAWA (AP) -- Canada won its fifth straight gold medal at the world junior hockey championships, beating Sweden 5-1 in the final Monday night.

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