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		<title>Gov. Paterson&#8217;s new pension reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law Dec. 10 a Tier V pension reform legislation that is supposed to save New York state around $35 billion in the next thirty years.
Some of the key elements of Tier V include:

Raising the minimum age of retirement from 55 to 62 years and imposing a penalty of up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=78&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/gov-patersons-new-pension-reform/</link>
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		<title>College graduation rates are dropping; not much of a surprise!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a recent graduate from the State University of New York, I continue to wonder how people can give up half way through their education. I currently have a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Journalism with a minor in French. I did 22 credits my first semester Junior year and overloaded for the rest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=74&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/college-graduation-rates-are-dropping-not-much-of-a-surprise/</link>
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		<title>South Korea trying to Handle the Past</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Truth and Reconciliation are recording memories of the surivivors of Korea&#8217;s devastating 1950-1953 war. South Korean men, women, and children have had a long and burdensome history.  North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. An armistice was signed in 1953. People were fleeing from the opposing army as innocent people were being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=71&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/south-korea-trying-to-handle-the-past/</link>
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		<title>Swine Flu in India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Swine Flu has finally reached India and it is causing authorities and people to panic. The worst affected city in India is Pune, about 300 kilometres from Mumbai. It started with the death of a 14-year-old girl and there are now 61 registered cases of Swine flu in Pune alone. There are 115 cases of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=67&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/swine-flu-in-india/</link>
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		<title>Should Americans Learn a New Language?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The international community&#8217;s perception of ordinary Americans is many a time assessed by their first-hand experience with visitors from the US to their country. Can knowledge of a language  prove or disprove a stereotype?
When tourists, students and businessmen show a sensitivity to local culture, language, and sentiments, they become more marketable in these times [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=64&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/should-americans-learn-a-new-language/</link>
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		<title>Harry Potter Mania</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince&#8217; released last night at midgnight to a frenzy. Movie theaters greeted girls and boys dressed as withches, wizards, and death-eaters eager to watch the sixth book in action. AMC 30 in Warrenville, IL has over 20 shows of the movie playing on Thursday. AMC Garden State 16 in New [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=62&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/harry-potter-mania/</link>
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		<title>South-East Asia not prone to the economic crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The economic crisis has finally reached South-Eat Asia and people are feeling its pinch. Governments are contemplating stimulus packages and layoffs have increased throughout the region.
&#8220;While the crisis in the West centers on insolvent banks, home foreclosures and swelling unemployment, in Southeast Asia economists predict that one hallmark of the downturn will be the exodus [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=59&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/south-east-asia-not-prone-to-the-economic-crisis/</link>
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		<title>The blame game.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pakistan is passing the baton to India by blaming the 2007  Mumbai-Pakistan train blasts on India.  These blasts were upon the &#8220;Samjhauta,&#8221; which is a train that runs between India and Pakistan. &#8221;
&#8220;Qureshi told reporters in Multan that the Samjhauta Express incident and the Mumbai attacks were interconnected and that the probe could continue only if India responds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=56&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-blame-game/</link>
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		<title>Indian pizza maker found dead in Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tamil pizza maker kidnapped four months ago was found dead in Afghanistan Monday, the Indian embassy confirmed. &#8221; It is unclear if he was killed or left to die by his captors.&#8221; The unnamed militant group asked for a ransom of $200,000, but the Italian pizza company  &#8220;Ciano International&#8221; could not negotiate a favorable ransom.
It [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=54&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/indian-pizza-maker-found-dead-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<title>More examples of Pakistan&#8217;s intolerance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An American U.N. official has been kidnapped in Pakistan. I&#8217;m not sure whether I should be surprised or shocked because I&#8217;m not, not in the least. The victim this time is John Solecki, the head of the U.N High Commissioner for Refugees Office in Quetta. This comes right after Pakistan&#8217;s stance on terrorism is being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=selflessdoubt.wordpress.com&blog=2625106&post=46&subd=selflessdoubt&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://selflessdoubt.wordpress.com/2009/02/03/more-examples-of-pakistans-intolerance/</link>
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