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WARNING LABEL The Bush Administration is making plans to declare Iran's �lite military branch, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, a "specially designated global terrorist" group. The decision has reportedly been in the works for months as tensions have escalated over Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions and support for anti-U.S. elements in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be the first time a foreign government entity has been designated as such by the U.S. State Department...
...because that was what was expected of her. She wrote and spoke about the joy of giving - not acquiring - and enjoyed every minute of giving money away. She visited every institution her foundation funded. In particular, I still remember a very touching scene when she visited one of the branch libraries and sat, entranced, next to a grandmother who was reading to her grandchild. When her foundation eventually exhausted its resources in support of institutions, programs and projects that benefited the public, Mrs. Astor celebrated that fact - and afterwards used her own personal fortune to keep on contributing...
...Right now the focus for us is on maintaining the Boston restaurant and opening the Cambridge restaurant,” said Kate J. Shamon, a publicist for the American branch of Wagamama. “But based on the success of these, I’m sure we will have more locations...
...parking tickets. The clashes left a dozen police officers and several Chinese residents injured. According to the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute, the number of Chinese residents in Italy jumped from 47,000 in 2001 to 112,000 in 2005. Claudio Morganti, who heads a local branch of the right-wing Northern League party, wrote on a blog: "The reality of Chinese immigration, with its apparently tranquil and quiet exterior and cover of legal business, hides a world of mafia, racketeering, prostitution and black markets...
...parts of South America have experienced freak snowfalls in recent months, while heat waves across Russia and Southern Europe set new high-temperature records in some cities; the U.K. and Germany were hit by spells of torrential rain exceeding any in more than a century. The WMO, a branch of the U.N., says the global average for land-surface temperatures in January and April were likely the warmest since records began 127 years ago. Parts of the planet that have been spared weather-related misery may not be lucky for long. The Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change says...