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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 2, 2012 - 5:22:56 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The plague of Allah (God) against the educational system of America is something that the philosophers and scientists should look into, as the destruction of America’s education is the destruction of their wisdom to educate the people.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 31, 2012 - 11:45:10 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'CHICAGO - (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan told students and faculty at Chicago State University January 25 that they have to \"break free\" from the educational system that has been set up by their oppressors to maintain control.<br/>\n<br/>\n\"The Architects of our education never intended for us to escape the circle of activity that takes us out from under their control, so if we are still governed by the controlling systems of our former slave masters, then we yet have to break free, so Jesus said \'you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free,\'\" said Minister Farrakhan as he delivered much needed guidance and straight talk to over 1,000 at the Jacoby Dickens center. The current student enrollment at CSU is a little over 7,000.<br/>\n<br/>\nHosted by the Chicago State University African-American Studies Program and the African-American Male Resource Center, the Minister spoke on the topic: \"Education: Black People and the Future.\"';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 3, 2012 - 4:28:36 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'WASHINGTON - The site of a Maryland plantation which is renowned by local historians for its connection to Black history and to the Civil War has lost its historical designation and is on its way to becoming an 85-store outlet mall, after an early January vote by the Prince George’s County Historic Preservation Commission.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 3, 2012 - 4:13:36 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'NEW YORK - The latest instance of targeting by the New York City Police Department against the Muslim community brought activists to the steps of City Hall, demanding the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelley and his public relations director.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'LOS ANGELES - \"I\'m disgusted and I\'m unhappy but I didn’t have the expectation that the judicial system, the state, would give me justice,\" said immigration rights and anti-war activist Carlos Montes after a judge denied his request to dismiss all charges stemming from a federal grand jury subpoena targeting more than a dozen activists across the U.S.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 3, 2012 - 1:35:06 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'NEW YORK - Muslim leaders from around the country gathered to celebrate 30 years of Masjid At-Taqwa under the direction of Imam Siraj Wahhaj as last year came to an end. They gathered to mark the masjid’s 30th year and to promote a future vision to benefit the community.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 3, 2012 - 1:12:50 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'ATLANTA - It was one of the dreariest days that Atlanta has had this year. Temperatures plunged to 35 degrees, almost 20 degrees cooler than over the previous weekend.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 3, 2012 - 12:43:37 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'WASHINGTON - The President’s State of the Union address may have presented a rosy picture but if you look at the housing crisis those roses petals are wilting and Americans are left holding a stem of thorns. The miserable fact is U.S. new home sales are the lowest in history.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 3, 2012 - 12:34:22 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'As one would expect from the Obama administration, the U.S. is currently preparing to go to war in the Middle East again: this time against Iran and Syria. The American people are oblivious as to the reasons for the troop build-up in the Middle East.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Feb 2, 2012 - 1:50:58 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'NEW YORK - In most mainstream media the words \"corruption\" and \"election fraud\" accompany images of makeshift polling stations manned by armed guards in Burma or burning tires beside tattered ballot boxes in South Sudan—the insidiousness of stolen elections and a crumbling democracy is very seldom associated with the United States.';
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