Occupations
African-Americans and Jobs
Few noticeable changes have occurred in the occupational situations of African-Americans since the 1990s. In 2002 African-Americans accounted for 10.9 percent of...
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While July's visitor volume may have appeared sluggish, local tourism officials say a quirk in the calendar masks the whole story and occupancy rates for the month were the best ever for a July.Jus...
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A flag believed to have flown when a group of American Indians occupied Alcatraz nearly 40 years ago sold for $69,000 at an auction Thursday.The flag was sold to an unidentified private collector, ...
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Palestinians marked 40 years of Israeli military occupation Tuesday with rare calls for soul-searching and a warning from their leader that months of bloody internal fighting have pushed them to th...
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King Abdullah denounced the American military presence in Iraq on Wednesday as an "illegitimate foreign occupation" and called on the West to end its financial embargo against the Palestinians.The ...
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An independent expert told the U.N. human rights council on Thursday that Israel's treatment of Palestinians is comparable to apartheid.John Dugard, a South African investigator on the Israeli-Pale...
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Before Juan Diaz was born, his father had it all worked out. If the baby were a boy, Fidencio Diaz told his wife, he would be a champion boxer. And a lawyer. Twenty-three years later, the plan is o...
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Despite a double-digit percentage increase in August convention attendance in
Las Vegas
, visitor volume was flat for Southern Nevada
for the month.The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority...
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Dead Sea, Jordan (dpa) - Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa
Barghouti on Friday condemned latest Israeli military moves in the
Gaza Strip as "new occupation".
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Amman (dpa) - About 130 church leaders representing 550 million
Christians worldwide have ended a conference in Jordan by calling for
an end to Israel's "illegal occupation"...
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Occupations
Room Rates, Occupancy Surge in July
