On Jan. 30, 2009, unions were pleased by executive orders the president signed that reversed some Bush-era labor policies.
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Representatives of the U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference protest in front of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The group's executive director said the Vatican has turned a blind eye to male priests who "destroy the lives of children and families, but jumps at the chance to excommunicate women."
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The original Jock Jams promised ''The Greatest Crowd-Rockin' Sports Anthems of All Time," and it delivered.
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Children dribble soccer balls in Blikkiesdorp -- Afrikaans for "Tin Can City" -- a settlement of corrugated metal shanties east of Cape Town, South Africa. In the run-up to the World Cup, the government has moved many of Cape Town's homeless to Blikkiesdorp. Similar actions are taking place across the country.
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