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A Swiss adventurer entered the record books today when he became the first person to fly solo across the English Channel using a single jet-propelled wing.

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Press Conference: Monday, Sept. 29, 5 p.m. at Los Angeles Press Club

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 26 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Media Advisory: Press Conference — Controversial religious leader, and now Los Angeles Mayoral candidate, Pastor Craig X Rubin of the Family Church (formerly of Temple 420), is taking questions from the press and public in an open interview press conference as he announces his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.

This press conference will introduce the candidate and his staff to the public and make the candidate available for questions.

Press Conference info:

This MONDAY
September 29th 2008
At 5 p.m.
Los Angeles Press Club
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Goals as Mayor of Los Angeles:

1. Get the feds out of our local business by ending the Consent Decree over our LAPD and protecting the will of California State voters by defending medical marijuana clubs from federal interference.

2. Bring high paying jobs back to [...]

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In his second visit to Russia in as many months, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday in the southern city of Orenburg.

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The Royal Bank of Canada is looking for smaller U.S. commercial banks or wealth management companies that it might buy, chief executive Gordon Nixon said Friday.

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Pakistani troops killed 1,000 militants in a huge offensive in the Bajaur tribal district over the past month, the army says.

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Turkmenistan approves a new constitution that supporters say will promote multi-party politics and the market economy.

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Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams announced an agreement Friday with Labrador’s Innu over a proposed hydroelectric megaproject, and compensation for another.

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How Burma’s failed revolution still brought changes

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A Swiss man landed safely in England on Friday after using a jet-propelled wing to fly across the English Channel in less than 10 minutes.

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