Myanmar crisis stifled by junta as world aid trails
After a cyclone devastated Myanmar more than a week ago, official counts show over 28 000 dead and 33 000 missing. Aid remains scant as the military regime blocks relief, intercepts supplies, and denies access to help despite UN deliveries. Experts urge working through neighboring states to reach victims while pressuring for accountability.
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Myanmar
United Nations
U.N
China
India
Thailand
United States
Hillary Clinton quotes Eleanor Roosevelt in West Virginia stop
During a campaign stop in Eleanor West Virginia Hillary Rodham Clinton cited a tea bag analogy about women's strength quoting Eleanor Roosevelt. The remark highlighted resilience of women in politics amid tight race dynamics and local audience engagement.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
Eleanor, W.va
Eleanor Roosevelt
ACCA Lek The Telegram Letters Policy Note
The Telegram invites signed letters with writer contact details for publication after editorial approval. Limit to 500 words. letters may be edited for libel and length. General thank you letters are allowed. form letters poems consumer testimonials or business praise are not printed.
First Amendment text inclusion noted
The passage presents the core constraints of the First Amendment, detailing limits on government actions in religion speech press assembly and petition. It emphasizes that Congress shall make no law respecting establishment or free exercise of religion, abridging speech or press, or restricting peaceful assembly and petition for redress.
Coal power plant bills face veto and political theater
Critics liken coal plant proposals to pigs as Sunflower Power seeks two 700 megawatt plants near Holcomb. The bills tie to economic development but Gov. Sebelius is likely to veto, with lawmakers short of override votes. Provisions curb Bremby authority and push energy efficiency and renewable targets.
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PEKA
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Sebelius
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Holcomb
Finney County
Sunflower
Hays
Rod Bremby
Health and Environment
Bremby
Hyperion Resources Inc
Dallas
House
Melvin Neufeld
Neufeld
Senate
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Secretary of Health and Environment
Annie Kuether
Topeka
Obama battles Wright scandal to prove patriotism evident
The piece recounts Obama’s two speeches in Philadelphia and North Carolina tackling Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s controversial remarks. It notes his aim to reassure voters about his love for the country, his family’s hardships, and the founding ideals, while avoiding Wright in his NC victory speech. It questions how Obama could have tolerated Wright and what he was thinking over two decades.
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Barack Obama
Philadelphia
Jeremiah Wright
Wright
America
Obama
North Carolina
United States
Iraq
Ronald Reagan
Blip on a Screen Described in Miscellaneous Notes
A local blip of notes and clippings includes Overeaters Anonymous meetings in Warren Building on Main Street with no weigh-ins. Also referenced are nostalgia items on dictionaries, religious sabbath history, Pearls Before Swine creator, a Kansas library talk, SWKS Live On Stage season, and a Dolores Hope email contact.
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Southwest Kansas Community Concert Association
SWKS
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Rogereh
Optoniine.net
King Features Syndicate
Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary
Christopher Ringwald
U.S
Yahweh
Sinai
Ringwald
Jesus
Constantine
Oxford University Press
Stephan Pastie
St. John
Dolores Hope
Dandhope
Juno.com
Jarden City
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