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American jihadi in Somalia writes an autobiography
Christian Science Monitor
Insights into the minds of Westerners who have traveled to faraway lands to join the armies of radical Islam are usually confined to esoteric security websites and jihadist blogs rarely written in English. But an eye-opening, eyebrow-raising, ...

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Jack Ma: English teacher turned Internet billionaire
Phys.Org
After being knocked back by American venture capitalists in 1999, Jack Ma -- a cash-strapped entrepreneur -- convinced friends to give him $60000 to start Chinese online retailer Alibaba.com. Thirteen years later, the company owns one of the world's ...

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Al Jazeera dives into soccer as it expands sports coverage
Boston Herald
Sources said the network is in negotiations to acquire the US TV rights to Spain's La Liga, Serie A and the French Ligue 1. Al Jazeera surely has enough money to go after the English Premier League and Champions League rights, as well.
Al Jazeera Plans to Kick Off Two US Soccer NetsMultichannel News

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US Economy at Risk if Corporations Ignore the Impact of Hispanics in America
Huffington Post
Hispanics in America influence the future of the US economy yet this conversation remains quiet as corporations grow more uncomfortable with this time-sensitive issue. The lack of commitment in giving rise to the Hispanic community is so obvious that ...

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CK district adjusts programs for non-native English speakers
Central Kitsap Reporter
... said about 220 English Language Learner students, mostly Filipino and Hispanic, are enrolled in kindergarten through twelfth grades. It's a small population, she said, but they need extra help to navigate the American education system.

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24/7 Hispanic Targeted News Channel To Launch in 2013
Politic365
In a news release circulated in early May, broadcast news giants Univision News and ABC News announced that they will launch an “English-language channel for English-dominant and bilingual Hispanics” in the US The network, which will provide news ...

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All English, All the Time
Inside Higher Ed
“There is a risk to us that if we stay speaking only in Italian and teaching only in Italian, we will be separated from global scholarship,” Della Torre says. “We think that teaching in English is a good way to attract students and to give our students ...

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