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News briefs for Friday, May 25
N.J. man arrested in disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz; NYC boy has been missing since 1979 NEW YORK (AP) — The timing couldn't have been more symbolic: On the eve of National Missing Children's Day, police said they'd at last cracked the...
Tags: U.S. Presidential Election Exit Polls (2008), Indiana Pacers, Egypt, Laws, National Missing Children's Day
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Four killed on Everest, but climbs continue
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Days after four people died amid a traffic jam of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world’s tallest peak will begin soon, and there’s little they can do to... -
Japanese Woman Breaks Own Record as Oldest to Scale Everest
KTLA NewsTHE HIMALAYAS, NEPAL - At 73, Tamae Watanabe is the oldest woman to scale the summit of Mount Everest... again. The last time she set the record, she was 63. She reached the top of the world's highest peak with four other team members morning after an...Tags: Climbing, Mountaineering
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73-year-old becomes oldest woman to climb Mount Everest
CNNA 73-year-old Japanese woman on Saturday became the oldest woman to climb Mount Everest breaking her own 10-year-old record. Tamae Watanabe reached the top of the 8,848-meter (29,028 feet) peak at 7 a.m, according to Ang Tshering, of the China Tibet...Tags: China, Japan
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Blast in busy Afghan marketplace kills at least seven
World NowA remote-controlled bomb killed a provincial council member and six other people in a northern province, Afghan officials said.... -
Nepal plane crash kills 15; six survive
World NowA small plane with 21 people aboard crashed in Nepal, killing 15, including the pilot and co-pilot.... -
Nepal's fierce Gurkha soldiers find themselves under siege
Deo Man Limbu sat in a veterans hall lined with pictures of old soldiers and reflected on his years of service, his battles and his dreams. The retired major with Britain's legendary Gurkhas faced the Argentines in the 1982 Falklands War, when being a...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Interior Policy, Communist Party, England, India
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Must Reads: Fierce warriors, sneakers and a double agent
World NowFrom fierce Nepalese warriors to a South African sneaker start-up, here are the five stories you shouldn't miss from the past week in global news.... -
Remarkable Woman: Grainne McKeown
Fresh off a year practicing medicine in Nepal, Grainne McKeown found her old habits weren't sitting well with her new worldview.
"Coming from a place where you might spend 50 cents for a meal — and a lot of people don't even have 50 cents —...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Health, Diabetes, Republic of Ireland, Herbal Medicines
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Joining the affordable-housing movement
Mike Posko was building a house with Habitat for Humanity International — in Nepal — when the Baltimore-area affiliate emailed him late last year to ask him to come in for an interview.
He got the job.
Posko, who took over as Habitat for...Tags: Federal Reserve, Financial and Business Services, Human Interest, Foreclosures, Economy, Business and Finance
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Nepal topic of Wednesday lecture at North Central Michigan College
The country of Nepal and the country’s tourism industry will be the topic of North Central Michigan College’s International Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 14.The free program will take place at noon in the library’s conference room.... -
Briefly In Education
LBHS student wins Soroptimist award Laguna Beach High School student Alia Manetta has been awarded with the Soroptimist Violet Richardson Award, which includes a $1,000 scholarship. The award honors young women for their volunteer service. Alia is an...
Tags: Common, Students, PTA, Josh Wolff, Music
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