Schwarzenegger gets invite to UN meeting on global warming

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to make California a model for greener environmental policies will soon expand to a global stage when he meets with world leaders at a United Nations conference in September. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday invited the governor to the high-level meeting on global warming after the pair toured Echelon Corp., a San Jose-based company that provides energy-efficient networking technologies for residential, commercial, and public electrical equipment. Schwarzenegger accepted the invitation without hesitation at a news conference where the two dignitaries briefly discussed their shared commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. "Global...

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Democrats Invite Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Congress

The Egyptian opposition daily Al-Masryoon reported that high-level diplomatic sources said that Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Mahdi 'Akef, several members of his office, and Muslim Brotherhood MPs had been invited by U.S. Democrat congressmen to visit the U.S. next month and to speak to Congress. Source: Al-Masryoon, Egypt, April 12, 2007http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/1181.htm I'm new at this please forgive me if I didn't do this correctly.

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IRAN: AYATOLLAHS INVITE CUBAN LEADER TO BECOME A MUSLIM

Tehran, 22 Nov. (AKI) - Iran's religious authorities in the holy Shiite city of Qom have officially invited Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, to convert to Islam, according to Hojatolislam Mohammad Reza Hakimi, quoted by Iran's Farda news agency. "I met Castro together with the Iranian foreign minister, Saiid Salili, and gave him some sacred Islamic texts translated into Spanish," said Hakimi, who recently returned from a government visit to Cuba. "We spoke with Castro for several hours, and I think I almost managed to convince him to become a Muslim," Hakimi added. "Castro certain that Cuba is suffering from...

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RATS Criticize Bush on State of the Union (invite senior citizens to the House galleries)

Dems Criticize Bush on State of the Union By ALAN FRAM : Associated Press Writer Feb 2, 2005 : 5:44 pm ET WASHINGTON -- Their numbers and power diminished, congressional Democrats hope their vigorous response to President Bush's State of the Union address will help fuel a turnabout from the election miseries of November. In addition to their leaders' televised response Wednesday night, Democrats were inviting senior citizens to the House galleries to underscore their opposition to Bush's Social Security plans and planned a news conference Thursday at a memorial to Social Security's father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The prime-time...

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Bringing our fallen-away relations back to Church during Advent [and other times of the year]

Bringing our fallen-away relations back to Church during Advent    REV. JOHN HORGAN Each Christmas, our churches are thronged with people who come to pray before the Manger, join in the singing of carols, and feel the warmth of the Saviour's love. Some of these men and women are not Catholic; others do not practice the Faith regularly. Some are estranged from the Church, angry at her teachings, hurt by her representatives; a larger number simply live their lives as if the Church had no place in their world, no bearing on their lifestyles, careers, and choices. . . except...

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Invite Us To UK Says Saddam's Two Daughters

Invite us to UK say Saddam's two daughters By Philip Sherwell in Baghdad (Filed: 08/06/2003) The eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein has broken her silence to tell The Telegraph that she and her sister have no plans to seek asylum in Britain, as it would not be "appropriate". Raghad Saddam Hussein, who remains in hiding in Iraq with her sister, Rana, said they might, however, move to Britain if they were granted visas. Last week their cousin, Izzi-Din Hassan al-Majid, who lives in exile in Leeds, told a newspaper that the sisters wanted to apply for asylum in Britain. Making...

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