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...Kunming, the capital of neighboring Yunnan province. Far from resenting the bridge as a white elephant, the residents of nearby Guanling, a one-stoplight town where the average income is less than $150 a year, view it as crucial to economic development and improvement in their lives. "I really cannot wait for the bridge to be completed," says Yuan Bo, 25, a graphic designer who takes a two-hour bus ride every week from his home in Anshun to help in his family's Guanling restaurant...
...right man for her. She says he, on the other hand, “took a little bit more convincing.” “It’s not so much about the timing but about the person,” she said. “I cannot imagine spending my life in a better way than with Neil. It seemed inevitable to me.” Kumar said that her parents, whose marriage was arranged, and her friends have been very supportive of her decision to marry Aggarwal. Although Kumar said she looks forward to the couple?...
...Obama's initial reaction was expressed in a White House statement. The President said he was "shocked and outraged" at the murder. "However profound our differences over difficult issues, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence...
...memoir recounting the days he spent as Kim Jong Il's personal chef in Pyongyang, Kenji Fujimoto calls Kim Jong Un, the third son of the North Korea dictator, the "Prince." "When Jong Un shook hands with me," Fujimoto writes, "he stared at me with a vicious look. I cannot forget the look in the Prince's eyes: it's as if he was thinking, 'This guy is a despicable Japanese.'" Jong Un, Fujimoto also writes, is "a chip off the old block, a spitting image of his father in terms of face, body shape and personality...
...Many South Ossetians have left to find work elsewhere. Alan, who didn't want to give his surname, works in Moscow as a driver and sends money home to his family in Tskhinvali. He says that the region cannot continue the way it is. "There are no jobs except for construction-repair jobs, and those positions that are available are paid close to nothing," he says. "Young people leave South Ossetia as soon as they turn...