Clinton backs bill to train micro entrepreneurs nationwide
First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton joined two senior senators to back legislation aiding micro entrepreneurs from Gianens neighborhoods with 105 million dollars over four years for training in planning, marketing and finances. The bill requires a two to one match from state local or private sources and aims to ease loan access amid bank consolidation.
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Washington
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Gianens
Senate Budget Committee
Pete Domenici
R-N.m
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Steel coil crash kills three in Indiana train tragedy
A Chicago bound commuter train struck a trapped tractor-trailer at a Portage crossing, sending a 20 ton steel coil through the car and crushing three passengers. Four others were injured as the train went about 45 mph. Fire Chief Nickos praised the engineer for aiding passengers before the impact.
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Portage
Ind
Chicago
South Shore Railroad
Bill Sims
George Nickos
Summer camp trains adults in nonviolent confrontation
A Virginia farm hosts a five day boot camp by Ruckus and partners teaching nonviolent confrontation, direct action and human rights protest skills to adults from around the world. Participants include reporters, activists and veterans, with training in climbing, theater and media strategy to influence public opinion.
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Middleburg
Blue Ridge
John Sellers
Ruckus
Glen Ora Farm
Virginia
Hunt Country
Washington
Elaine Broadhead
Kennedy
The
Underground Project
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center For Human Rights
Innocent Chukwuma
Nigeria
Jennifer Zurich
Los Angeles
Brice Smedley
Missoula
Mont
Idaho
James Nduko
Burma
Indonesia
Ritva Nybacka
China
Tibet
Sellers
Abigail Abrash
RFK Center
Mike Roselle
Earth
Kevin Rudiger
Erica Stephan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Virus Claims Seven More Lives in Taiwan
In Taiwan a virulent illness that targets children has killed seven more people, lifting the toll to 43. The latest victims include girls aged 9 and 12, showing the virus affects older children as well, though most victims remain under six years old, according to Health Department official Hsu Kao-hsiung.
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Kigali
Rwanda
Radio Rwanda
Nkamira
Taipei
Taiwan
Health Department
Hsu Kao-hsiung
Exeter High seniors disciplined after water gun prank
About 90 seniors in camouflage and masks staged a water gun and balloon prank in the Exeter High cafeteria. Fifty-two seniors were disciplined, canceled from a class trip, and ordered to complete three hours of community service at the school.
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Exeter
N.H
Exeter High School
Arthur Hanson
Melissa Bettcher
Hanson
Safe sex training cuts HIV spread in major study
Washington AP reports a large study showing seven safe sex training sessions for 3,705 inner city participants reduced unprotected sex by up to 50 percent. The program, costing about 278 dollars per trainee, could curb HIV costs, with anti viral care at roughly 12 thousand dollars annually.
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Washington
National Institutes of Health
Science
United States
Ann O'Leary
Rutgers University
O’leary
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Gentry
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Dn.y
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Greenpeace
Project Underground
Steve Kretzmann
Boston
Alexander Bay
South Africa
Hendrik Swart
Walxmart
Wal-Mart
Patties
Borden
Beckley
Lewisburg
Galion
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