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World Bank to help develop village tracts in southern Myanmar
The World Bank (WB) will provide assistance worth of 27,000 US dollars annually for the development of village tracts in Kyunsu township, Myanmar's southern Tanintharyi Region, local daily reported Sunday.An initial assistance for three years worth of 81,000 dollars will be spent for education, health and social affairs for the township, said the 7-Day Daily.In February this year, the ...
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Video 525 Cold start to summer season for Sandy-impacted shore towns Therapy dogs help victims in distress
Towns along the Jersey Shore hard hit by superstorm Sandy kicked off the summer season this Memorial Day weekend on a cold and wet note; and therapy dogs were at the Boston bombings and most recently when the Oklahoma tornado hit. Scientific evidence has proven that therapy dogs can effectively lower blood pressure and anxiety for victims of disasters and ...
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Teen Accused of Bomb Plot Modeled on Columbine
An Oregon high school student has been accused of plotting a school bomb attack "specifically modeled" after the Columbine shooting, prosecutors said today. The student at West Albany High School allegedly hid at least six bombs and bomb-making material in a secret compartment under the floor of his bedroom, Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson said. Grant Acord, 17, ...
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Boston Marathon runners finish race interrupted by bombs
Boston Marathon last month was interrupted by two deadly bombs completed the final mile Saturday. Cheered on by supporters, the runners jogged from Kenmore Square to the finish line, The Boston Globe reported. "It's a great way to show the strength of Boston and the camaraderie in our city," runner Liza Marie Felici, 28, of Dover said. "There's a sense of closure . ...
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Bitter election creates long-term headache for Malaysias Najib
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysia's divisive election has left a bitter taste for millions of people that risks creating a long-term problem of legitimacy for Prime Minister Najib Razak's long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The outrage was clear at a busy intersection across from one of Kuala Lumpur's fanciest shopping malls, where a huge poster of Mr Najib and his ...
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UFC 160 live blog Fighters from around the world competing at MGM Grand
Dennis Bermudez pounds on Max Holloway on his way to a split decision win in their bout at UFC 160 Friday, May 24, 2013 at the MGM Grand Garden ...
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China is now worlds second largest moviegoing country
May 25--Related: Mayor Villaraigosa off to China to promote business Movies are bigger than ever. At least, they are in China. The nation of 1.35 billion became the second largest filmgoing market on the planet last year, its box office receipts of $2.7 billion muscling out Japan from that spot. That was a whopping 36 percent higher than the 2011 ticket sales in the People's Republic, and ...
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5 soldiers killed in western Iraq
Five soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in the Iraqi volatile province of Anbar on Saturday, a provincial police source said.The attack occurred in the afternoon when a roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol near the town of Heet, some 160 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, killing five soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the source told Xinhua on condition of ...
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6 Iranian pilgrims killed in car bombing in Iraq
Six Iranian pilgrims were killed and some 20 wounded in a car bomb explosion in Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday, a provincial police source said.The attack occurred in the afternoon when a booby-trapped car struck a bus carrying Iranian Shiite pilgrims near the city of Samarra, some 110 km north of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.The ...
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Cars torched police attacked in new Stockholm riots
Cars were torched and police facedstone-throwing youths in Stockholm's immigrant-dominated suburbs on early Sunday,but the nightly riots that have raged for a week appeared to be easing, ...
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Remove kids at birth from criminals
told The Star drastic action was sometimes needed "because crime runs in families" and that it was "frightening" he is now seeing in his courtroom the grandchildren of criminals he prosecuted or defended 40 years ago.Instead, the children of prostitutes, drug addicts or wife-beaters should be taken away earlier, to prevent them from languishing in the care system and turning ...
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French soldier stabbing UK copycat
THE stabbing of a French soldier in Paris might be linked to the brutal killing of a soldier in London by Islamic extremists two days ...
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Minamisanriku Tsunami-Hit Town In Japan Gets Easter Island Statue As Symbol For Recovery
Japanese high school students and carvers from Chile pose before a new 'Moai' statue (back C), modelled on the mysterious carvings at Easter Island, as it was set at the tsunami-devastated town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan on May 25, 2013. The giant present, a three-meter tall stone statue, crossed the ocean from Chile as the town's original was destroyed ...
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Tornado-Ravaged Town Celebrates Graduates
Students who lost their caps, gowns and tassles in the tornado were given replacements free of charge so they could still participate in the rite of passage and walk in their ceremony. Seven tornadoes had hit the area during the lifespan of the class of 2013, but many of the graduates said they planned to stay in the area as they moved on to the next chapters of their lives. "I ...
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Real World Economics U.S. tax policy has winners and losers
Problems in the U.S. system of taxing corporate income were front and center this past week as senators grilled Apple CEO Tim Cook about his company's tax minimization measures. Yet no one argued that Apple has violated U.S. tax laws or even that it is particularly aggressive or egregious in its tax avoidance. It is simply large, well-known and highly global in its operations. And this ...
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Amanda Bynes
>Editor's note: This story contains graphic language.(CNN) -- Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days -- some might say, a rough few months -- landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window. On Saturday, the 27-year-old actress took to Twitter with a simple message: "Don't believe any reports. "And she didn't stop there.var ...
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Amanda Bynes
>Editor's note: This story contains graphic language.(CNN) -- Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days -- some might say, a rough few months -- landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window. On Saturday, the 27-year-old actress took to Twitter with a simple message: "Don't believe any reports. "And she didn't stop there.var ...
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Amanda Bynes
>Editor's note: This story contains graphic language.(CNN) -- Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days -- some might say, a rough few months -- landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window. On Saturday, the 27-year-old actress took to Twitter with a simple message: "Don't believe any reports. "And she didn't stop there.var ...
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Bynes Cop sexually harassed me
>Editor's note: This story contains graphic language.(CNN) -- Amanda Bynes has had a rough few days -- some might say, a rough few months -- landing in jail after allegedly tossing a marijuana bong out of her 36th-floor New apartment window. On Saturday, the 27-year-old actress took to Twitter with a simple message: "Don't believe any reports. "And she didn't stop there.var ...
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Scandal Engulfs Indian Cricket Web of Players Bookies Faces Scrutiny
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Pro League Awards The Nationals best international players
Pro League website, conveys that during the past two seasons he has found the net 30 times in 32 league matches; a ratio of a goal every 1.06 games. Compare that to the tallies across the same span of the league's two best frontmen, who play for two best teams, and it makes Kabi's contribution more impressive. At a goal every 0.75 league ...
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Book Review The Girls of Atomic City The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
Now in their 80s and 90s, the girls of Atomic City are no longer in the dark about the jobs they took during the summer of 1943. But back then, as employees of the Clinton Engineering Works, they knew only a few things for sure about the place they would call home.The work site had belonged to 1,000 East Tennessee farming families up until 1942, when the government seized 60,000 acres of their ...
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Correction France-Cannes Notebook story
CANNES, France - In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings Milla Jovovich wore cost $321,000. They cost $321. A corrected version of the story is below: Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival At the Cannes Film Festival: Swavorski not worried about thefts, Baldwin criticizes press By ...
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China closes the gap with Europe
Premier Li Keqiang concludes a historic free trade agreement with Switzerland that promises to tighten ties with Europe, China's largest trade partner. The free trade agreement between China and Switzerland will benefit both nations and bring the second largest economy in the world closer to Europe, Premier Li Keqiang said during his visit to Bern on Saturday. Both countries can tap the ...
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Fifty arrested ahead of Paris anti-gay marriage rally
Fifty opponents of gay marriage were arrestedin central Paris on late Saturday, police said, on the eve of a major protestagainst a new French law allowing homosexual couples to formally tie the ...
Myanmar Focus
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Foreign couple's novel approach to helping Burmese village
The political situation in Myanmar is well-known throughout the world, but often overshadows the circumstances of local people and our rich culture. A couple overseas have combined the two to create an unusual approach to helping the people of one village in the country.
Myanmar is one of the most politically and socially isolated countries in the world, much bad press is leveled at our country for decisions made and actions taken that the people are not responsible for and while attention focuses on the political dynamic of the country, the plight of many Burmese such as poverty, lack of access to water and education, become overshadowed. One family in the United States has taken a novel approach to giving back to a country that has stolen their hearts. Read more
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