Haiti shelter plan emerges ahead of U.N. aid conference
Aid officials say relocation camps are unlikely as land is scarce. In Port au Prince aid workers backed by a U S Defense Department team clear debris while residents like Marie Carmel Etienne return home to rebuild. The U N aid conference in New York seeks about 11.5 billion dollars for 1.3 million quake victims and shelter needs.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Marie Carmel Etienne
U.S. Defense Department
Port-au- Prince
Brooklyn
Miami
U.S
U.S. Navy
Melvin Acree
Acree
U.N
New York
Thito
Pacot
Ex Scientology Sea Org workers face wage, labor questions
In San Jacinto California hundreds live on a 500 acre Sea Org campus and work long hours for little pay. Two former members seek back pay and overtime up to 1 million dollars each while experts warn of a difficult legal battle that could challenge Scientology’s religious status.
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San Jacinto
Calif
Los Angeles
Scientology
L. Ron Hubbard
Sea Organization
Sea Org
Claire
Barry van Sickle
International Church
Sea
J. Gordon Melton
Institute For the Study of American Religion
Org
Families rely on school lunch aid amid recession
In Kansas City areas a mother of four worries about meals as she benefits from government lunch subsidies. National data show 2008 09 saw about 19 million students on free or reduced meals, a 5 percent rise. Districts struggle to fund these programs, prompting calls for more federal money.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lisa Lewis
Kansas City
Kan
Lewis
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food and Nutrition Service
Jean Daniel
The
School Nutrition Association
Alaska
Hawaii
Mubarak Returns Home After Gallbladder Surgery
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrives in Cairo three weeks after gallbladder surgery in Germany. He greets ministers and the Coptic leader before leaving, amid questions about succession as he nears three decades in power and his son Gamal increasingly prominent within the ruling party.
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Castro
Hosni Mubarak
Germany
Mubarak
Red Sea
Sharm el-Sheik
Egypt
Heidelberg University Hospital
U.S
Gamal
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