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Building a real rapport with Pacific Islanders
Howard and his foreign minister, Alexander Downer, treated their Pacific Island counterparts with contempt, choosing to air complaints about them in press conferences and open letters to the public, rather doing as they would with, say, the president of the United States or the prime minister of Japan - and pick up the phone. Imagine Australia's foreign minister publicly saying this of dealing with Indonesian politicians: "You don't want to do so from a position of weakness, you don't want to look weak and you don't want to look compliant." Yet that's exactly what Downer said - about Pacific Island leaders - in a national debate before the election, which was broadcast on ABC's Radio Australia throughout the region. Moreover, imagine some other nation saying it of us.
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The Greater Long Beach Chapter of the American Red Cross will host a pet first aid class focused on techniques to save your pooch's life. The course is Nov. 25 from 9 a.m. to noon at 3150 E. 29th St. in Long Beach. The canine course offers the skills to provide immediate care to injured or sick dogs with topics like breathing emergencies, choking, cardiac arrest, CPR, bleeding, sudden illness, poisoning, seizures, and heat emergencies. The doggy first aid course also teaches pet owners what to do in case of natural disasters. A feline first aid class will be held in early 2008. To register for canine training call 562-595-6341, Ext. 226. Los Al Base tour The Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce will hold its free quarterly tour of the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos on Thursday.
Local markets extend gains on rising international oil prices
Bears and bulls were loggerhead to gain control in the market and eventually bulls empowered the energy sector to close the market in positive, analysts and brokers said.
�A very cautious approach was adopted by investors today as the index moved in a relatively small band of almost 150 points, evenly in both directions. However, the last hour and a half was dominated by a bull spree as the market climbed to close just short of its intra-day high of 13,501 points, analyst Fahad Qasim said.
Skyrocketing prices of crude oil that touched $100 a barrel in the global market, made energy stocks shine in the market, they added. The trading turnover was down again by 17.2 percent to 235.769 million shares against 284.904 million shares in the last session.
The overall market capitalisation stood at Rs 4.12 trillion over Rs 4.10 trillion in the previous session.
Bravo Company deploys
The families stood and applauded.
“Just to say goodbye to everyone in Alpena and and my blessings go out to them and I'll see everyone when I get back," Prince said.
Phil Wenzel can be reached via e-mail at pwenzel@thealpenanews.com or by phone at 358-5689.
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Priests bless Lake Glacier to bring prosperity to city
YOUNGSTOWN — Praying for prosperity of Youngstown and asking for blessing of its people, members of the Eastern Orthodox Clergy Association conducted a Blessing of the Water ceremony Sunday near the shore of Lake Glacier in Mill Creek MetroParks. About a dozen priests and some 40 people participated. A large flock of geese and some ducks contributed sounds of nature to the outdoor service. In the service, the priests were “praying for the park and those who use it, for government officials and the military." They asked for the “blessing of the Jordan to sanctify these waters" and contribute “to healing of soul and body" of all those who “touch and partake" of the water. The Rev. Thomas Constantine, pastor of St. John the Forerunner Greek Orthodox Church in Boardman, said Eastern Orthodox parishes usually have the ceremony at individual churches.
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