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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'CHICAGO - With America in the grips of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Black youth crime and violence at high levels, and a political reality rife with contradictions, guidance from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the implementation of programming and solutions to serve the needs of Black people are needed now more than ever.  This year\'s Saviours\' Day convention marks the 80th year of the Nation of Islam\'s existence in North America.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'SANTA ANA, California - A California man who said he spied on mosques for the FBI has filed a lawsuit accusing the agency of letting him go to jail for work he did as an informant. ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'JACKSON, Tennessee - An Arkansas man pleaded guilty to charges he plotted to kill then-Sen. Barack Obama and dozens of other Black people in 2008. ';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = 'LOS ANGELES - Former gang-members have teamed up with a non-profit outreach organization to offer a look at the inner city by conducting gang tours in South Central Los Angeles.';
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  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '(NNPA) - For 13 years, Ed Jackson has been steeped in a struggle to make a dream come true. He is chief architect for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the Northeast side of the Tidal Basin lining up with the Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson memorials. ';
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