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• An Advocate for China’s Rural Poor

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 583
  In 2008, lawyer Liu Yao (刘尧) advocated for farmers whose land was being illegally requisitioned. A scuffle by the farmers at Lankou hydropower station, the site under construction on their property, landed Liu in jail. Tom Mitchell, South China correspondent for Financial Times , writes on Liu’s story: ...
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 433
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
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• Megalink offers mobile phone transactions in its network

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 136
  Megalink, one the country’s biggest network of automated teller machine (ATM) has added a new service to mobile phone users which enables cell phone subscribers to pay their bills or load up their phones with load credits through the network. Megalink has already arranged an agreement with the two largest mobile ...
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• EPA Takes First Step in Addressing Risk Posed by Toxic Pesticide Drift

  
  Climate of Our Future — Authority: 413
  Agency announcement comes just weeks after groups petition for protectionsNovember 4, 2009  Washington, DC – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a first step today in addressing the harmful effects of pesticide drift – the toxic spray or vapor that travels from treated fields and into neighboring ...
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• Playing pioneers

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 573
  Living on Great Mercury Island was as close as I’m likely to get to pioneer life. We had electricity but for only eight hours a day. The generator went from 7 – 9 in the morning, an hour at lunchtime and from 5 -10 in the evening. I adjusted to that pretty quickly and loved my time  on the island but wouldn’t ...
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• Rural micro insurance scheme launched

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The government Saturday launched a micro insurance drive in Tamil Nadu aimed at expanding the Rural Postal Life Insurance (PLI) network.Communications and Information Technology Minister A. Raja launched the scheme in Sholur Mattam, Coimbatore. The Rural PLI was introduced by the Department of ...
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• Tourism in Puno

  
  Blog of Travel, webblogs of Tourism, Blogs Travel - Vacation - Villadeayora.com — Authority: 134
  Puno is one of thirteen provinces in the Puno region, whose capital is the city of Puno on Lake Titicaca, located in southern Peru for 3 827 m above sea level and climate has a maximum temperature of 22 º C and a minimum of 14 º C and average summer temperature is between 15 and 22 º and in winter is between 5 º ...
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• Adoption: Thinking about my daughter’s first mother

  
  O Solo Mama — Authority: 486
  I do fantasize about Simone’s first mother. She is the woman who joins our Curves workout around 9:40, about 10 minutes before we wrap up. Asian, small, slim, in her 40s and you could bounce the proverbial coin off her. It’s more what she projects mentally. Her hair is neat, chin length, and she always wears a ...
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• Yeddyurappa sheds tears at fate, dissidents firm on his sack (Roundup)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Left with little option but to bow to dissident’s demands to save his chair, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Saturday shed tears publicly but the rebels stood firm on his removal.In a rare spectacle in Indian politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) first chief ...
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• Lighting by Katrín Sigurðardóttir

  
  Visualingual — Authority: 425
  Born in Reykjavik and now living in NYC, Katrín Sigurðardóttir is a sculptor and installation artist who has teamed up with Artware Editions for the release of these limited-edition lamps. The shades depict scenes of Ísafjörður, a remote village in Northwestern Iceland. You can purchase these ...
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• Suicide threat by fans if Karandlaje dropped

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Bangalore, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of supporters of Shoba Karandlaje, the lone woman minister in the beleaguered first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Karnataka, Saturday threatened to commit suicide if she was dropped from the ministry at the behest of party rebels.“We will commit suicide if Chief Minister ...
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• Urban & Rural Property Services – Bedford, Bedfordshire

  
  Business. Event. Classified. UAE 2010 — Authority: 561
  Established in 1997 Urban & Rural have grown to become the largest independent estate agency brand within the County. Our unique network of branches are made up of individually owned and operated franchises who work together to provide a consistently high level of service. We are extremely proud of our branches ...
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• DRC thanks Zambia for hosting refugees

  
  LusakaTimes.com — Authority: 153
  The Congolese Government has thanked President Banda and the Zambian community for hosting the Congolese refugees over the years.Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Katanga Province Vice Governor, Yav Tshibal, however, urged the Congolese refugees in Zambia not to overstay but to consider returning home because there ...
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• Telemedicine institute designed to train doctors, help patients in remote areas

  
  ICMCC Website Articles — Authority: 146
  “To Dr. Ronald S. Weinstein, a doctor’s eyes and ears are as important as instruments or tests.A patient’s tone and body language can say as much as his or her words, he said, and eye contact and seeing that a doctor is paying attention establishes trust for the patient.But that doesn’t necessarily mean that ...
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• Brisk, peaceful voting in Chhattisgarh (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Thousands voted Saturday in the Vaishali Nagar assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hoping to retain the seat despite a strong Congress challenge.Up to 30 percent of about 211,000 voters had exercised their franchise by noon, an official said.Women ...
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• Al Gore on climate change and rural-urban difference

  
  Legal Ruralism — Authority: 130
  Listen here to an interview with Al Gore on NPRs "All Things Considered." Several references are made to rural-urban difference with respect to climate change.
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• nice: the museum of english rural life

  
  Mrs. Deane — Authority: 122
  Castle Howard oxen — source Livestock photography has been on the periphery of our photographic radar ever since rediscovering the image of the 5-legged cow we acquired a long time ago. I really cannot convey in words what fascinates me so about portraits of animals that are bred to produce or reproduce food. ...
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• RBI Circular on Combating Financing of Terrorism – Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 – Obligation of banks

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 444
  In paragraph 5 (b) of the above circular,it has been advised to RRBs that as and when lists of individuals and entities, approved by Security Council Committee established pursuant to various United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs),... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...
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• Mind the Volcano! Or not…

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 600
  Here’s a follow-up post to answer one of those “what ever happened to” questions. Hop in the Mudflats time machine and go back to that stressful time this spring when Mt. Redoubt was blowing its stack, ejecting tons of debris, sending mudslides and lahars down the flanks of the volcano, barreling toward ...
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• Country diary: Bedfordshire

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Bedfordshire The other night, a deer stepped out in front of me as I drove past the tollhouse at Cople. The car headlights picked out the muntjac tiptoeing across the road, a ballerina on cloven points. The doe tripped out of the spotlight cast by my braking car and into the full beam glare of an oncoming vehicle. ...
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