Britain, whose troops are facing the rebel movement in Sierra Leone, is particularly keen to stem the trade from that country, where at present the government controls not a single diamond.

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Facing many CPG brands is a movement where consumers are taking more control--there are four diet soda brands in the top 10--and pushing back on conceived notions on what "permission" they should give to brands.

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There seems to be no movement towards agreement on any number of critical issues facing the country, including how to split up oil proceeds.

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Though, she does think her upbringing in the segregated South during the Civil Rights Movement gives her a better understanding of the troubles facing Israelis and Palestinians.

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They used their knowledge of the astrological movement of the sun through the seasons to align their pueblos on south facing cliffs to receive direct heating sunlight in winter, yet be shaded in the summer.

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Despite all the Democratic wins in November, a sense of outrage filled the room as labor officials, environmentalists, civil rights activists, immigration reformers, and a panoply of other progressive leaders discussed the challenges facing the left and what to do to beat back the deep-pocketed conservative movement.

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" Writing in The New York Times, Brian Stelter described this line as a new "national shorthand" for the vast economic disparities facing the United States, noting that "whatever the long-term effects of the Occupy movement, protesters have succeeded in implanting 'We are the 99%'...into the cultural and political lexicon.

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