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Karakachan Dog Breed

Also known as Bulgarian Shepherd Dog, its ancestry can be traced to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. A flock guard dog, it is not actually recognized by any international organization so the physical standards are based on observations of the breed. It typically weighs from 88 to 125 pounds...

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What Is a Civil War?

A civil war is a war that is being fought between two groups internally within a country or state. The definition of what a civil war is can be quite daunting to explain but one of the more familiar definitions of a civil war lists a number of situations that must be met for a conflict to be...

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Debate of Health Care in Spotlight of Politicans and Citizens of United States

The much debated issue of health care is in the glaring spotlight of politicians and citizens in the United States. The issue of health care has been the keynote of many of President Barack Obama's campaign and political agendas. The President has posted his own proposal on the White House's web...

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Thai Protesters Blood Throwing

Thailand's anti-government protesters have resorted to blood throwing in an attempt to evoke change in the struglling country. Leaders of the movement targeted the home of Thailand's prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, on Wednesday and threw bags of their own blood into the compound. The protesters...

Study Finds 1/4 of U.S. Kids Take Prescription Drugs

Study Finds 1/4 of U.S. Kids Take Prescription Drugs

An alarming study by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. found that over one quarter of children within the United States take prescription drugs on a regular basis. The study found also found that 7 percent of those children were taking two or more prescriptions on a "chronic basis." Among the...

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Champlain College Online

Champlain College is a private, coeducational college located in Burlington, Vermont with campuses in Montreal, Canada and Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 1878, over 125 years ago, Champlain College today remains true to its mission to provide students with career-accelerating education that leads to...

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Caribbean University

Caribbean University was established in 1969 as the Caribbean Junior College in the municipality of Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Nine years later, It was renamed as the Caribbean University College upon accreditation by the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico and Middle States Commission on Higher...

Brazil Rains and Floods Kill 540+ People

Brazil Rains and Floods Kill 540+ People

On Friday, torrential rain and resulting floods wreaked havoc in southeast Brazil on Friday as rescuers attempted to recover the bodies of more than 540 plus people killed as homes collapses and mudslides walloped the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The flooding caused over 13,000 people without...

50 Best Bill Clinton Quotes

50 Best Bill Clinton Quotes

William "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of The United States. Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas to William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., and Virginia Dell Cassidy. When Clinton was three months old, Clinton's grandparents, Eldridge and Edith Cassidy,...

Prince Andrew and U.S. Hardest Hit by Wikileaks Latest Cache

Prince Andrew and U.S. Hardest Hit by Wikileaks Latest Cache

The UK's royal Prince Andrew and the U.S. are the hardest hit by the Wikileaks latest cache release. It seems that included in the 271,000 international diplomatic disclosure is revealing information regarding a profanity filled tirade by Andrew. The Duke of York presented "unmitigated patriotism,"...