Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Call it a Golden opportunity for Myles and Ann Golden. And Rotary International.
For more than 30 years, Rotarians Myles and Ann Golden have shared their home, their lives and their culture with more than 30 foreign exchange students. This week, as the international organization prepares for a year that will wear a "Rotary Shares," theme, the Goldens have an ideal opportunity to share their message.
Myles Golden was inducted as the next District 7750 governor Tuesday, kicking off a project that will send the couple to 55 area Rotary clubs and more than 3,000 Rotarians in the next 12 months.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2007. There are 187 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
WIMBLEDON, England - As a three-time Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams knows that getting through the early matches can sometimes be the tricky part.Just making it past the first round this time almost proved too much.Williams was down a set and a break, then down 3-1 in the final set, before pulling out a 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win Tuesday over Alla Kudryavtseva, a 19-year-old Russian playing her first Wimbledon match."I think I've made my mistakes in the first round, and I think that it helps definite...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Ukraine celebrates Constitution Day tomorrow, a day to honor freedom
Tomorrow will be a national holiday in Ukraine -- Constitution Day. The parliament of Ukraine "Verkhovna Rada" adapted a new constitution June 28, 1996, nearly six years after the restoration of Ukraine's independence (Aug. 24, 1991).
Until that date Ukraine was governed by the constitution of the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was amended by elimination of Article 6 which provided for "the leading role" of the Communist Party, and by adding a provision for the separation of authority among the three branches of government: legislative, executive, and judicial.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be named on Wednesday as special envoy for the international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East with a portfolio focused on Palestinian economic and political reform, a senior U.S. official said.
Members of the Quartet, the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia, will give their public blessing to the post and announce that Blair has agreed to take the job in simultaneous statements from Washington, New York, Brussels and Moscow, the official told The Associated Press.
The official, who insisted on anonymity because the statements are still being drafted, spoke after being briefed on a meeting of quartet representatives held earlier Tuesday in Jerusalem.
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