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Lynchburg woman earns global recognition for digital business
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefIn today's modern world, books aren't the only tool for teaching kids how to read. "American kids have access to amazing technology, when it comes to education and learning how to read," said Isabelle Duston, a Lynchburg resident and entrepreneur....Tags: Arts and Culture, United Nations, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Language, UNESCO
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Clinton's final lap turns into a sprint
Tribune Washington BureauWhen Air Force One landed in Myanmar on a muggy morning earlier this week, President Barack Obama made a point of having his secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, at his side as he descended to the tarmac. The three-nation trip was likely the last...Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Gaza Strip, Bill Clinton, Elections, Politics
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Attack on retired Indian general evokes '84 Golden Temple assault
World NowSikh India Attack: A painful chapter in India’s history was reopened this week when a retired general who oversaw the storming in 1984 of the Sikh’s most revered site was stabbed in London in an alleged “revenge attack” by... -
Cambodia radio broadcaster jailed 20 years for inciting rebellion
World NowA Cambodian radio broadcaster was sentenced Monday to 20 years behind bars for stirring up an insurrection against the state, charges that human rights groups say are a fig leaf for the government squelching dissent. Mam Sonando, the 71-year-old founder... -
Russia court bans anti-Islam film 'Innocence of Muslims'
World NowA Moscow district court on Monday found a film that has triggered sometimes violent protests throughout the Muslim world to be offensive and banned its broadcast in Russia. After viewing "Innocence of Muslims," Judge Yevgeny Komissarov agreed with... -
Cambodians mourn Sihanouk, their King Father
World NowAs word spread Monday that former King Norodom Sihanouk had died of a heart attack in Beijing at the age of 89, hundreds of thousands of Cambodians gathering in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh to mourn. The impoverished nation, still emerging from... -
PBS airs gut-wrenching “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity”
Channel Guide MagazineBy Jacqueline Cutler The toddler, with chubby cheeks and lopsided ponytail, had been sold. After she was raped at 2, her mother sold her to a brothel. Somaly Mam, an amazing woman who rescued the girl, now 3, hugs her. PBS’ Half the Sky: Turning... -
Laos to begin building hotly debated Xayaburi dam this week
World NowLaos plans to start building a dam on the Mekong River this week over the objections of Cambodia and Vietnam downstream, a step that neighboring countries fear could imperil fish and cripple rice fields. The Xayaburi dam is expected to reap profits for... -
Obama sends SOS Clinton to Mideast amid Gaza crisis
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — President Barack Obama dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Middle East on Tuesday as the U.S. urgently seeks to contain the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas. Clinton hastily departed...
Tags: Israel, Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Jerusalem (Israel), Benjamin Netanyahu
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President Obama Makes Historic Visit to Myanmar
CNNPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit Myanmar on Monday, praising the courage of fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi while also providing a symbolic nod to initial reforms in a nation once...Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, Politics, Yangon (Burma), Crime, Law and Justice, Burma
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Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89; former king of Cambodia
Former King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, an unpredictable and crafty political survivor whose fortunes were entwined with U.S. military involvement in Indochina, died Monday of natural causes in Beijing, where he had undergone medical treatment,...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Richard Nixon, Prostate Cancer
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Former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89
CNNFormer Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk, who was monarch for more than 60 years until his abdication in 2004, died early Monday in Beijing at the age of 89, state news reported. Sihanouk died of natural causes after having been treated by Chinese...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Parliament, News Agency, Government
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