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Cyclone fades without causing significant damage after Bangladesh, Myanmar prepared for worse
Associated PressCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in...Tags: Natural Disasters, Illegal Immigrants, Television Industry, Weather Warnings, Fishing
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As cyclone's edges pour rain on Myanmar coast, distrustful Rohingya in camps resist evacuation
Associated PressSITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens...Tags: Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Human Rights Watch, Weather Warnings, Human Rights
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment:
Md. Attorney General says gun-control bill constitutional ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says a sweeping gun-control bill passed in Maryland this year is constitutional and legally defensible. The attorney general's...Tags: Marriage, Douglas F. Gansler, Politics, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Queen Elizabeth II to skip first Commonwealth meeting in 4 decades
LONDON – Ending four decades of perfect attendance, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the biennial meeting of Commonwealth leaders later this year as part of a rethink by palace officials of long-distance travel and public events for the 87-year-old...
Tags: Elizabeth II, Commonwealth Games, Australia, Politics, Heads of State
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'Doctor Who,' 'Girls,' Lorne Michaels among Peabody Award winners
"Doctor Who" is celebrating 50 years on the air this year, new episodes begin airing Saturday and to top it all off, the good Doctor has just received a Peabody Award for 50 years of "evolving with technology and the times like nothing else in the known...
Tags: Lena Dunham, Culture, Politics, NPR, Comedy Central (tv network)
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Portland man charged with aiding suicide bomber in Pakistan
SEATTLE—A Portland, Ore., man was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday on charges of aiding one of three suicide bombers who conducted a deadly attack near the headquarters of Pakistan’s intelligence service in Lahore in 2009. At least 30 people...
Tags: Lahore (Pakistan), Crime, Law and Justice, Pakistan, Suicide, Maldives
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U.N.: Indian Ocean claims hundreds as 'one of the deadliest' waters
By the time their rickety boat was rescued last week off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, nearly a hundred of the weakened passengers had lost their lives – roughly three times as many as survived. The starving people had endured nearly two...
Tags: Thailand, Politics, Human Rights Watch, Bodies of Water, Immigration
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Kitchen gadget: Heat diffuser
The above contraption may look a little funny, but it can be essential in the kitchen. Meet the heat diffuser. When you have a recipe that requires stove-top cooking over an extremely low and gentle flame, or are using a delicate cooking vessel such...
Tags: Recipes, Nutmeg, Ginger, Cinnamon, Onions
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Sri Lanka: Photos renew accusations that 12-year-old was executed
Facing continued pressure over alleged wartime abuses, Sri Lankan officials rejected renewed accusations that a 12-year-old boy was executed in the final throes of its bloody civil war. Questions surrounding the death of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the...
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, Robin Hood (movie, 2010), Politics, Human Rights Watch, Crime, Law and Justice
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Christopher Van Hollen Sr., ambassador
Christopher Van Hollen Sr., a retired Foreign Service officer and ambassador to Sri Lanka, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Jan. 30 at the Washington Home and Hospice. The former Baltimore resident was 90. Born in Baltimore and raised in...
Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Richard Nixon, Seafood
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Test Kitchen video tip: Homemade hazelnut and almond pastes
A mixture of ground nuts -- such as hazelnut and almonds -- sugar and liquid (egg whites and perhaps a liqueur), nut pastes are frequently added to baked cakes, tarts and pastries for added richness and flavor. Although prepared almond and hazelnut...
Tags: Egg Whites, Hazelnuts, Fruitcake, Google+
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'The Amazing Race' Recap: Take Down That Million
WDBJ7 BloggerIt is the finale; it is go time for the teams! Trey and Lexi are the first to leave the Pit Stop. Teams travel to Barcelona, Spain then catch a train to the Loire Valley in France. Once there they have to find the Garden of France. While on...Tags: France, Auto Racing, Marketing, Travel, Landforms
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