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by Richard Marosi and Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times. June 13, 2011
The Mexican soldiers stormed the casino mogul Jorge Hank Rhon’s Tijuana estate, rousting him out of bed and allegedly recovering a cache of 88 weapons, among them a revolv...
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by Susan Spano. Special to the Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2011
A muddy, weed-choked field in the hills of northern Cambodia is the last resting place of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, chief instigator of a communist regime that enslaved a nation...
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by TOMOKO OTAKE. Japan Times, April 24, 2011
While much of the metropolis continued to reel from aftershocks following the March 11 megaquake, and worries about radiation leaks from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear reactors lurked in most people's minds...
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The passing of Indian guru Sai Baba spurred an outpouring from millions of devotees. While gurus often draw from Hindu traditions, the 'godman' phenomenon also reflects the spiritual needs of modern, middle-class India.
by Ben Arnoldy, Christian Scienc...
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04-13-2011. Pravda
The debate regarding officially allowing polygamy in Russia has been going on for years. The main arguments in favor of polygamy are the existing families with multiple wives, whose position is now not protected by law, as we...
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by Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times. April 1, 2011
The man half runs, half staggers, cutting an angry arc, head swiveling, voice like breaking glass, mouth an angry O. Then as suddenly as he appeared, he's gone.
The president in the Golf Hotel is is...
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by Kevin Baxter. January 8, 2011. Los Angeles Times
If you could attend just one of the two NBA games at Staples Center on Sunday, which would you choose?Would you try to squeeze in alongside the Jack Nicholsons and George Lopezes on celebrity row to s...
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By Michael Hawthorne. December 22, 2010. Los Angeles Times
The cancer-causing metal made infamous by the movie "Erin Brockovich" is turning up in tap water from Chicago and more than two dozen other cities, according to a new study that urges federal r...
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November 25, 2010. Los Angeles Times.
A coalition of environmental and farmworker groups is urging California's Gov.-elect Jerry Brown to cancel the imminent approval of a controversial agricultural pesticide after he takes office, citing evidenc...
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By AMY YEE. September 2, 2010. New York Times
BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ drive from Bangalore in southern India. Night descends on ...
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by Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times. October 12, 2010
Years of illegal logging by the 'timber mafia' and the Taliban cleared forests, allowing raging floodwater to flow unimpeded, experts say.
Reporting from Chail, Pakistan — People here rem...
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By David Gutierrez,. NATURAL NEWS. Sunday, September 12, 2010
More than 80 percent of male bass in the Potomac River on the U.S. Atlantic coast are producing eggs or showing other female traits, the nonprofit Potomac Conservancy has warned, in a ...
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More teens are getting cardiac problems today. Is it stress, the lifestyle or just the air?
Amba Batra Bakshi, Snigdha Hasan, Dola Mitra for OUTLOOK Magazine. September 13, 2010 Edition.
Aneesh Mahajan (name changed), 14, a ninth standard student ...
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No one’s happy with mediclaim, neither customer nor the insurer. The morass that is Indian healthcare.
by Arti Sharma, Dola Mitra, Lola Nayar. Outlook Magazine.
Two years ago, 67-year-old Rakesh Mathur, a pensioner in Mumbai, had what is euphemi...
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The amount of funds flowing into Kashmir from various sources and circulating freely within the valley for lining pockets of one and all is mind boggling!
by M.Ashraf. August 3, 2010. Rising Kashmir.
For a long time there have been allegation...
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Sydney News, Indian Link.
A young film-maker uses her art to spread the message of peace. USHA ARVIND reports
Zarmina – A Story of Hope was adjudged Best Short Film at the inaugural Colourfest Film Festival recently.
The national festival, which fo...
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by Ulan Temirov. July 12, 2010. EurasiaNet
They stopped the looting, helped save the new government, and gave many frightened residents in strife-torn Kyrgyzstan peace of mind. But there’s a danger now that members of Kyrgyzstan's volunteer mil...
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By INGFEI CHEN. July 5, 2010, New York Times
The health care industry has a garbage problem.
It’s not just that hospitals, doctors’ offices, clinics and other health facilities generate several billion pounds of garbage each year: buried i...
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by Chris Bronk | 29 Jun 2010. World Politics Review
Since late last year, members of the U.S. Congress have introduced no less than 34 different bills dealing with information security and Internet policy. Many of these bills are well-meaning, such a...
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Twelve years after the ouster of President Suharto, who was believed to have encouraged racial attacks, ethnic Chinese have seen their lot improve but many say they are still treated like outsiders.
By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times. July 4, 2010...