tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18062745459905591642012-02-16T00:36:06.941-08:00Murleynoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806274545990559164.post-60583542535883779402011-10-16T19:34:00.000-07:002011-10-16T19:34:50.258-07:00<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/strike-hit-greece-heads-standstill-ahead-crucial-vote-231307957.html">Strike-hit Greece heads to standstill ahead of crucial vote - Yahoo! News</a>: ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece faces a crucial test this week with much of the country expected to be shut down by a 48 hour strike that will culminate Thursday as parliament votes on a sweeping package of austerity measures demanded by international lenders.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1806274545990559164-6058354253588377940?l=testnewssite.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Murleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806274545990559164.post-77901939861864704012011-10-16T10:51:00.000-07:002011-10-16T10:51:43.691-07:00President Obama urged the nation Sunday to celebrate the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/king-dedication-gets-underway/2011/10/16/gIQADaSDoL_blog.html?hpid=z1">dedication of the memorial </a>to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by continuing to press for the goals and hopes of the “black preacher with no official rank or title who somehow gave voice to our deepest dreams” and helped make the nation “more perfect.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/president-obama-speaks-at-mlk-memorial-dedication/2011/10/16/gIQANUbsoL_story.html?hpid=z1">President Obama speaks at MLK Memorial dedication - The Washington Post</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1806274545990559164-7790193986186470401?l=testnewssite.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Murleynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1806274545990559164.post-26689972418037115462011-10-16T10:20:00.000-07:002011-10-16T10:21:57.557-07:00<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z1gRVzz0QYA/TpsSYOIsC_I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/lxeYUCIpfKw/s1600/occupy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z1gRVzz0QYA/TpsSYOIsC_I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/lxeYUCIpfKw/s320/occupy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />Photo by Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/" target="_blank">Steve Rhoades</a> (Creative Commons license)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/world/occupy-wall-street-protests-worldwide.html">Around the World, Protests Against Economic Policies</a> - NYT<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/16/occupy-protests-europe-london-assange">'Occupy' anti-capitalism protests spread around the world</a> - Guardian U.K.<br /><br /><a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2011/10/2011101515123592784.html">Arrests at New York and Rome 'Occupy' rallies</a> - Al Jazeera English<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/occupy-wall-street-protests-go-global/2011/10/15/gIQAp7kimL_story.html?hpid=z3">Occupy Wall Street protests go global</a> - Washington Post<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1806274545990559164-2668997241803711546?l=testnewssite.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Murleynoreply@blogger.com0