Malnutrition in Cambodia Mirrors North Korea Crisis
U N food agency official says Cambodia faces severe child hunger with 49 percent of children under five stunted and 20 percent acutely malnourished due to weak health care and education amid faltering economy. In North Korea, 65 percent are stunted and 16 percent acutely malnourished.
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Parisrobbers Escape With 42100 From Printemps Store
Masked robbers burst into the Printemps department store on the Right Bank and stole 42100 from the ground-floor money changing office after shooting a passerby who confronted them. Shoppers pursued the thieves as they fled through the back entrance amid Christmas decorations.
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Parliament to strip hereditary peers from Lords vote
Queen Elizabeth II opened a new Parliament session as Britain moves to reduce hereditary peers from voting in the House of Lords. The speech, written by Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, outlined modernization measures including welfare reform and rape-victim protections. A bill to remove hereditary peers from the Lords will begin a process toward a more democratic chamber.
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Cold wave grips Eastern Europe heightening deaths
AP reports frigid weather and snowstorms across Europe claiming at least 85 lives since last week. Poland leads with 41 deaths, Romania with 30. others in France, Bulgaria, and Italy also report storm fatalities as Romania endures power outages and impassable roads.
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Slain Russian lawmaker mourned as heroine
Moscow mourns Galina Starovoitova, Russia's leading female democracy advocate slain in St. Petersburg. Her burial drew denouncements of her killers as allies vow her ideals live on. Aides say the attacker may be identified. police call it a contract killing amid rising post-Soviet violence.
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