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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Education, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Natural Disasters, Arts and Culture, Washington, DC
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World watch
Germany: Berlin will charge a 5 percent tax on overnight stays in hotels, hostels and campsites, starting July 1. The third most visited city in the European Union reported more than 20 million overnight hotel stays in 2010. The levy is expected to...Tags: U.S. Department of State, UNESCO, Turkey, Arts and Culture, Travel
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Pictures in the News | April 22, 2013
FrameworkMonday's Pictures in the News begins in China, where people run to avoid falling rocks during aftershocks on their way to the city of Ya'an, southwest . On Saturday, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province, clogging roads and causing... -
Bangladesh building tragedy down to West's cost squeeze -NGOs
ReutersLONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Major western clothing retailers squeezing Asian suppliers and a flawed approach to ensuring even basic working standards are fuelling conditions for tragedies like the latest factory collapse in Bangladesh, NGOs said on...Tags: Plant Openings, Work Rules Contract Issues, Parties and Movements, Bangladesh, Politics
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Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT April 24
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- BOSTON/CAMBRIDGE - Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the United States were to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a university police officer who authorities say was shot dead by the Boston Marathon bombing...Tags: National Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions
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Reuters World News Highlights 2200 GMT April 24
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON/CAMBRIDGE - U.S. lawmakers demanded more answers on the Boston Marathon bombing on Wednesday, unsatisfied with the FBI reaction to warnings about one suspect and expressing doubt about the other suspect's claims that...Tags: National Government, Religion and Belief, Politics, Judges, Bashar Assad
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China earthquake death toll reaches 156; more than 3,000 hurt
By Barbara DemickBEIJING -- A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 156 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the U.S. Geological...Tags: Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, China, Armed Forces, Xi Jinping
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Trip with Gov. Brown lets L.A. executive reconnect with China
SHENZHEN, China — The dozens of business officials who accompanied Gov. Jerry Brown to China this week included many with existing business in the country, some who hoped the governor's presence could help open new doors for them and others who...Tags: Jayne Meadows, Jerry Brown, Politics, Travel, China
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China rushes relief after Sichuan quake kills 188
LUSHAN, China (AP) — After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese relief crews hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Monday, two days after an earthquake killed at least 188 people and...
Tags: First Aid, Natural Disasters, American Red Cross, China, Building Material
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Iraqis vote in provincial elections amidst angst, ire
BEIRUT — After a week of violence, Iraq held its first provincial elections Saturday since the departure of U.S. troops last year. Results are not expected for several days, but the conditions under which the vote was held showed that little has...Tags: Iraq, Nouri Maliki, National Government, Voting, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Protests target police in India after rape of 5-year-old
NEW DELHI -- Several hundred people protesting the kidnapping and rape of a 5-year-old girl descended on police headquarters Saturday, waving signs, overrunning barriers and calling for the resignation of the capital city’s police commissioner....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice
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Death toll in China quake hits 113
Reporting from Beijing -- A strong earthquake struck China’s mountainous Sichuan province Saturday morning, leaving at least 113 people dead and more than 3,000 injured. Chinese authorities assessed the magnitude of the quake at 7.0, while the...
Tags: Military Equipment, Natural Disasters, U.S. Geological Survey, Chengdu (China), China
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