Philippines Declares State of Emergency
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:33:00 GMT
doubled to 46 on Tuesday, Philippine authorities said, as the government declared a state of emergency in two southern Philippine provinces in an effort to head off further bloodshed. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Philippines spoke during a
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A look back at November 23
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:58:00 GMT
wins the contest to design the cover of the WMS memory book. •Winfield State Hospital superintendent Tony Lybarger voices opposition to a proposed bypass plan that would leave a highway passing just outside of the WSH campus. •Judy Lawson of Burden
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From a Hut in Southern Sudan, Children’s Voices Fill the Airwaves
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:29:00 GMT
November 12, 2009) In Kauda, a remote town in the heart of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, southern Sudan, many children don’t attend school at all. If they do have access to a teacher, the lessons are often held under trees and the teachers lack
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