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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Haiti\'s fate as one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere has not been inevitable. It\'s history has been marked not only by natural disasters, but by political and economic conflict. It is a story of international intervention that has left the country particularly vulnerable.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The destruction of Port-au-Prince is nearly total. The devastation is unparalleled. It will take years of unyielding commitment to rebuild this country—the first free Black Republic of the Western Hemisphere—before it can once again resume a measure of normalcy. ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The news channels and talk radio were abuzz Jan. 11 with news of racially-tinged remarks about race and the American president from Democratic leader Harry Reid and former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'I\'ve been preaching the importance of our oral history since Columbia University Professor Dr. Manning Marable, and one of his doctorate candidates, Zaheer Ali gave me a wakeup call with Dr. Marable\'s research on an upcoming book on the life of Malcolm X.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Congress must convene hearings into the sweeping surveillance of American Muslim organizations and mosques that threatens the foundational spirit of the United States Constitution.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'Are Muslim-only lines at airports next? The thought is offensive, disgusting, and blatantly unconstitutional. But it\'s hardly far-fetched. ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'After the infamous documentary called <i>The Hate That Hate Produced</i> aired in 1959 the ranks of the Nation of Islam swelled with new recruits. As a result, the FBI initiated its “second major counterintelligence offensive aimed at destroying the Nation of Islam.”';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'The United States still employs the death penalty in its criminal justice system, as do Iran, Iraq, China and Cuba. But mounting evidence points toward a continuing erosion of support for capital punishment in states around this country and in the rest of the world.';
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