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WATCH: President Obama's NAACP Address

President Obama was the keynote speaker at the NAACP's 100th Anniversary dinner Thursday night. He touched on a variety of topics including discrimination, heath care, HIV/AIDS and the economy. We've posted video of a portion of the speech as well...

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July 17, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (9)

The Mandela Day Charter -- How Students Plan to Change the World

Saturday marks the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela -- South Africa's heroic anti-apartheid crusader and former president. In May, a group of students 12 students who won an essay contest in New York traveled to South Africa to meet him....

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Clinton and the Taj Hotel in Mumbai

ABC's Kirit Radia reports: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived today in Mumbai, where she'll be staying in the hotel Taj Mahal Palace & Tower -- one of the scenes of last November's deadly and destructive terror attacks. As we...

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Bob Woodruff's First-Hand Account of Security at Bombed Jakarta Hotel

ABC's Bob Woodruff and Christine Romo report: Two weeks ago we were in Indonesia shooting a story on deforestation. While we were passing through Jakarta on our way to Sumatra, we stayed one night at that JW Marriott -- the...

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WATCH: Bomb Rips Through Hotel in Jakarta

Nine people are dead and over 50 are wounded after coordinated bomb blasts ripped through two hotels in Jakarta. Indonesian security officials believe suicide bombers staying at the hotels are responsible for the attacks. Senior U.S. officials say the bombings...

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Fact Checking President Obama's NAACP Speech

ABC's Brian Hartman reports from Washington: President Obama delivered a forceful speech at the 100th anniversary dinner, touting racial progress while warning substantial disparities continue to haunt the black community. I checked the numbers behind the rhetoric and they indeed...

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Iowa to Michael Jackson: No Butter Sculpture

ABC's Anna Maciaszek reports from Chicago: After the untimely death of the “King of Pop,” fans all around the world sought to pay tribute to the late star. From his childhood home in Gary, Indiana to the Staples center in...

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Madonna's Stage Collapse: 2 Dead, 10 Injured

ABC's Christophe Schpoliansky reports from Paris: The collapse yesterday in the southern French city of Marseille of a stage roof being built for a concert Madonna was scheduled to give on Sunday made a second victim. A British worker who...

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'If you do not release the U.S. soldier, then...you will be hunted'

It's Friday...here are some stand out quotes: "There were several perpetrators. They were disguised as guests and stayed in room 1808." -- Indonesian Maj. Gen. Wahyono, following Friday's twin explosions at the Jakarta Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels, which killed nine...

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Jim Sciutto: Former President of Iran Demands Release of Political Prisoners

ABC's Senior Foreign Correspondent Jim Sciutto covered the recent Iranian election protests from the streets of Tehran: Incredible scenes today at Friday prayers at Tehran University. Delivering the sermon before thousands of worshippers, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani, perhaps the opposition’s...

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