Minnesota North Woods sees surge of anti pipeline sentiment
Residents like Leon Rogers in Park Rapids oppose growing pipeline work including four existing lines and a fifth planned nearby. Enbridge promotes the Sandpiper as a 610 mile, 2.6 billion dollar route from Bakken oil to Superior while state agencies begin a 10 month review amid large public turnout and calls for more time.
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Park Rapids
Minn
Leon Rogers
Rogers
Minnesota
North Woods
Superior
Wis
Twin Cities
Alberta
Canada
U.S. States
Enbridge
North Dakota
Bakken
Itasca State Park
Willis Mattison
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Friends of the Headwaters
Steve Schulstrom
Carlton County Land Stewards
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Mississippi River
Richard Smith
Smith
Hubbard County Board
PUC
Mattison
Sible
Barack Obama
Sandpiper
United States
Keystone XL
PolyMet
U.S
Barry Simonson
Duluth
Nepali Migrants to Kuwait Highlight Rising South Asia Labor Trade
A 17-year-old girl from central Nepal leaves for Kuwait to work as a maid, sending home about 360 dollars twice in a year before vanishing from news reports. Her coma and death years later underscore migrant risks while remittances lift many households. Nepal's economy and unemployment, soaring migration, and deaths abroad paint a troubling picture.
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Rambhanjyang
Nepal
Shanti Maya Dong
Kuwait
Dong
Nepal Institute of Development Studies
South Asia
U.N
el Salvador
Haiti
Amit Kumar Dong
India
Ganesh Gurung
Persian
Gulf
Gion
Saudi Arabia
Malaysia
Suimaya Dong
Amit
Edwards Sapien XT Outperforms CoreValve in Valve Study
The Sapien XT from Edwards Life Sciences shows comparable mortality to Medtronic CoreValve and easier insertion in a head to head trial presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting. The study compares two catheter based heart valves designed to treat aortic stenosis in about 300,000 patients worldwide.
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Edwards Lifesciences
Medtronic
American College of Cardiology
Washington
Mohamed Abdel-Wahab
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