12/03/2008
It's all go in the rainforests of Dominica (Belfast Telegraph)
Would Tom Cruise choose to take a mud bath? His Hollywood hair and Rodeo Drive wardrobe couldn't cope with such squalor, right?
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12/04/2008
FIFTH GRADE CHESTER STUDENTS COLLECT BOOKS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN COUNTERPARTS (Daily Record)
CHESTER, NJ, DECEMBER 4, 2008 -- Fifth grade students at the Bragg Intermediate School in Chester are learning about the power of helping those less fortunate and the culture of a country almost a world away.
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12/04/2008
U of S, IDRC, NurseONE, and SaskTel Partner on Caribbean Nursing Initiative (Newswise)
The University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing today announced a $1.15-million international development initiative that will take a technology-based approach to providing better access to health information to nurses in the Caribbean.
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12/04/2008
Is this an offer we can’t refuse? (Malta Today)
The UK’s super-rich ‘non-doms’ are planning to ship out and Malta is being touted as the next tax haven. But tax havens are berated worldwide for fiscal warfare.
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12/04/2008
Rosary Guild creates works of art for the faithful (Burnsville Sun-Current)
A rosary is more than a just a crucifix, a centerpiece, and 59 beads. It is a product of steady hands and faithful hearts. The All Saints Parish Rosary Guild in Lakeville has made nearly 1,500 rosaries this year.
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12/03/2008
'The hand of terror is large' (rediff.com)
Four Hasidic rabbinical students at the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, remember slain Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah.
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12/03/2008
Nigeria: Providing Alternative Energy in the Desert (AllAfrica.com)
Lagos — The Borno State Government officials came back from a trip to China with an eye to build solar power generators in the state in other to improve the perennial energy problem in the state.
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11/30/2008
It's all go in the rainforests of Dominica (Independent)
Would Tom Cruise choose to take a mud bath? His Hollywood hair and Rodeo Drive wardrobe couldn't cope with such squalor, right? Wrong. And Dave, a Dominican who divides his time between farming the land and taking visitors out into the private rainforest estate that surrounds his bright-yellow home, was eager to prove the point to me, leafing through a worn photo album to show me snaps of ...
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12/03/2008
Venezuela News Summary #63 (Venezuelanalysis.com)
I. Venezuelan Political Leaders React Positively to Regional Election Results Just over a week ago, members of Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela gained a bittersweet victory in Venezuela's regional elections, winning governorships strongly in 17 of 22 states, but losing the country’s two most populous regions and the Capital District of Caracas.
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12/02/2008
Mastersingers by the Sea -- A Glorious Musical Experience (The Falmouth Enterprise)
“Youthful Masterpieces” was the theme of the Mastersingers by the Sea’s for its recent concerts at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Falmouth. The musical selections were vibrant and diverse, and the program well-balanced; the Mastersingers, soloists, and members of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra provided an outstanding musical performance.
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