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  • Nepals Tibetan Refugees Struggle Under Chinas Shadow

    KATHMANDU Tibetan refugees in Nepal say they face increasing restrictions from Nepalese authorities due to pressure from China. VOA correspondent Aru Pande talks to Tibetans who, for decades, have made the Himalayan country their home. Dolma Lama learned to weave Tibetan carpets from her mother - who fled Tibet and settled in Kathmandu after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese ...

  • Beyonce creates fashion range for website

    Singer Beyonce Knowles has created her own fashion range named Beyonce Boutique for a fashion rental website. She has come up with designs for Rent the Runway, which lets people hire designer wear at an affordable price. "Making women feel confident and beautiful is something I've always been passionate about. That's why joining forces with Rent the Runway was so organic," femalefirst.co.uk ...

  • Homeland Security bulletin warns 3-D printed gun plans may be impossible to access

    The menace of 3-D printed guns has already spread far and it will be 'impossible' to stop the manufacturing of more guns, an intelligence bulletin has revealed. The Department of Homeland Security has warned that the use and passage of 3-D printed guns are likely to spread beyond regulations and checkpoint restrictions, posing 'public safety risks' to an uncontrollable extent, Fox News ...

  • Investigation uncovers formaldehyde in baby clothing

    ISANTI, Minn. (KARE) - A nine-month KARE 11 investigation uncovered levels of formaldehyde in several items of baby clothing. Formaldehyde is a chemical the U.S. government calls a carcinogen, or known cancer-causing chemical, but the substance is not regulated. The test results prompted Sen. Amy Klobuchar to step in, asking the government take a second look at regulating the chemical, ...

  • Close-Knit Okla. Community Meets Tornado Aftermath With Resilience

    The day before the monster tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., a rural area of the state was hit by a twister that leveled most homes in the area. Oklahoma Education Television correspondent Bob Sands reports on the resilience of the community in Lincoln County, as families, friends and strangers work together to ...


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Gallipoli [DVD]

Gallipoli [DVD]

Peter Weir's Gallipoli is a sharp splinter in the eye of boyish enthusiasm for war as a grand adventure. With running as its central visual and thematic motif, it shows how the same kind of reckless excitement that causes its main character to engage in a barefoot cross-country footra ... ...

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  • Epic kick starts kids summer blockbuster season in epic fashion

    May 24--I am incredibly "geeked-up" about the 2013 summer movie season. But, in a season filled with sequels, superhero films and big-budget blowouts, "Epic" -- a tightly packaged, small-budget animated film -- is absolutely perfect for the entire ...

  • Fashion fame and Daniel Grayson

    How has fame changed your life? It hasn't changed me. My lifeI've become more busy. It's been great to be given these opportunities. I've probably become harder working than I was previously. I realize that the biggest outcome is that life has become shorter. Time seems to have sped up and the anxiety that I get from that is pretty ...

  • Busted Bay Bridge Bolts Manufacturer Denies Blame

    bolts that cracked on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge said the parts supplied to Caltrans met industry specifications when they were delivered. An analysis by some of the industry's leading experts has concluded the anchor rodslater found to be too brittle to provide support during an earthquake were not defective when manufactured, Dyson Corporation CEO Brian Rawson said in ...

  • Manufacturing slump paces Dominican Republic 0.3 1Q growth

    Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's economy grew barely 0.3% in the first quarter, much slower than forecast, the Central Bank announced Friday. In its preliminary report the monetary authorities noted that in the first quarter of 2012 the economy grew 3.8%, 4.3% in 2011 and 7.5% in 2010. Key sectors with a strong impact on employment have fallen thus far this year, including retail ...

  • China manufacturing sees 1st fall in 7 months HSBC

    BEIJING -- Manufacturing activity in China contracted in May for the first time in seven months, HSBC said Thursday, in another sign of the weakness of recovery in the world's second-largest ...

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