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Executions near for 12 on Texas death row
Source: The Associated Press State & Local Wire
by MICHAEL GRACZYK The crowd on A-Wing A-Section at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit is about to get thinned. A dozen condemned inmates in the so-called "death watch" cells on Texas death row are set for lethal injection over the next six…
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HSE funds on mental health may be diverted
Source: Irish Times
by FIONA GARTLAND A QUARTER of the funding earmarked for the Government's mental health strategy A Vision for Change may be diverted for use in other areas, according to the Irish Mental Health Coalition (IMHC), an umbrella body for mental health groups. Highlighting World Mental…
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Merger of five rights bodies in doubt
Source: Irish Times
by DEAGLAN de BREADUN SERIOUS DOUBT has arisen over proposals to merge five human rights and equality bodies as a costsaving measure in the forthcoming budget. There are strong indications that the merger will either be abandoned or else implemented in a much-modified form. High-level…
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Wall Street's Tremors Leave Harlem Shaken
Source: The New York Times
by TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Before its economic turnaround in recent years, Harlem was a case study in disinvestment. Banks were unwilling to make mortgage loans or to open branches, national chain stores could not be lured uptown, city services lagged and the neighborhood became economically isolated…
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Emotions still run high over ID card
Source: The New Haven Register
Original Source By William Kaempffer, Register Staff NEW HAVEN - It took nearly 2 1/2 hours, but an aldermanic committee Tuesday ultimately voted to authorize the acceptance of funding for the city's much-debated municipal identification card. While the Finance Committee vote was unanimous, there was…
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Elderly face greater road risks
Source: The Irish Times
by EITHNE DONNELLAN OLDER PEOPLE do not have sufficient time to cross the road safely at many pedestrian crossings in Dublin as a result of the way traffic lights are currently sequenced, a new study has found. The research, presented at the annual scientific meeting…
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Hogan calls on sound strategies to ensure access to health care
Source: Cape Argus (South Africa)
New Health Minister Barbara Hogan has called for innovative ways to deal with the scarcity of resources in the public health sector, saying there was no point in getting desperate about the situation as it was a growing phenomenon in South Africa. Hogan was not…
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Trickle-down financial crisis hits neediest
Source: The Washington Post
by ROBIN SHULMAN For Citymeals-on-Wheels, a nonprofit group that delivers food to homebound New Yorkers, the Wall Street crisis already means 100,000 fewer meals will be delivered to people who need them. One day this spring, the group lost about $500,000 it expected from employees…
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Increase in number of migrants repatriated
Source: Irish Times
by CARL O'BRIEN THE GOVERNMENT repatriated more than 500 eastern European migrants to their home countries so far this year under a scheme aimed at assisting destitute immigrants. In the eight months leading up to August a total of 511 migrants were repatriated. The number…
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Merger risks poverty agency's independence, warn charities
Source: Irish Independent
Subsuming the Combat Poverty Agency into a government department would destroy the watchdog's independence and ability to carry out vital work, claimed a number of leading charities and community groups yesterday. The future of the state-funded body hangs in the balance as Social Affairs Minister…
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