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TweetPress Release: For Immediate Release Dateline: 19th June 2006 5:00 PM Pentagon President George W Bush in an unprecedented and open discussion with journalists, announced the appointment of Rahnuma Ahmed as the new PR chief for the Pentagon. “Given her … Continue reading
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Tweet Subscribe to ShahidulNews Subject: Thinking of you Sent: 02/13 3:21 AM Received: 02/13 5:09 AM From: shahidul@drik.net To: Pedro Meyer, pedrom@directnet.com Dear Pedro, I have not written to you for a long time now. Things have been difficult here, … Continue reading
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