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  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_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Boko Haram, founded by Sheikh Jaa\'far Mahmud Adam, during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, the group\'s initial aim was condemnation of the negative influence of Western values on northern society, which is predominantly Muslim.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Honorable Elijah Muhammad writes in Message to the Blackman in America in the section \"A Good Name Is Better Than Gold:\" \"One of the first and most important truths that must be established in this day is our identity.\" ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'On January 13th the Atlanta Jewish Times featured a column by its owner-publisher suggesting that Israel might someday need to \"order a hit\" on the president of the United States. In the column, publisher Andrew Adler describes a scenario in which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu would need to \"give the go-ahead for U.S. based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel.\"';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The Federal Corrections Institute (F.C.I.) Pollock enjoyed a spiritually enlightening visit from the Nation of Islam’s National Prison Reform Student Minister Abdullah Muhammad and local Monroe County, La., Student Minister Verbon Muhammad.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 24, 2012 - 12:27:47 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Barack Obama just signed into law one of the most repressive and right-wing pieces of legislation ever passed in the history of the country: the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It allows the military, a.k.a. the Pentagon, to determine who is a \"terrorist\" and to detain that person in prison, indefinitely, without trial, under its jurisdiction.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The passing of Ambassador Dudley Thompson, an ardent Pan-Africanist, lawyer and brilliant thinker offers us a time to reflect on life, gifts and service. At the time of his death, the longtime race man was 95-years-old and still working to realize a lifelong dream of empowering and uniting the sons and daughters of Africa.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'When I first became active in the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager in Youngstown, Ohio, January 1st was always a very important day in the Black community—not because it was the first day of a new year, but it was Emancipation Day.';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 24, 2012 - 9:34:48 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Through my travels in Native American communities, one question I receive often from tribal leaders is, \"Indians have the land, but Blacks have the resources. When are you bringing our Black brothers and sisters?\"';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Jan 19, 2012 - 12:19:25 PM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '(FinalCall.com) - Minister Farrakhan discusses the potential power of Caribbean and Latin American unity. He also discusses why the government of the U.S. fears his voice.';
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