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...exhibit in Paris until May 30 in a show entitled "Shootback," the title Wong gave to her training project. This is not the Kenya of big skies and herds of animals. It is real life, up close as seen by residents of one of Africa's most violent and dire corners. The teenagers - many as young as 13 - had little formal schooling and few future prospects. Most spent their days at the Mathare Youth Sports Association, an activity center which agreed to house Wong's classes. Yet amidst their grim surroundings, the youth captured humor and beauty in their photos...
...raising electric rates and damaging America's ability to compete with China - McCain was cagey about whether he would support it. Most coal-state Democrats and all but a handful of Republicans are shunning the bill, but McCain recently took a stand in favor of it. He rejected those dire economic predictions from the business lobby, and said, "I hope the entire Congress will join in supporting it and the President of the United States would sign...
...made Yosemite a national park and created 42 million acres of national forests. And even George H.W. Bush, whose promise to be the "environmental President" was about as reliable as his pledge not to raise taxes, signed an update of the Clean Air Act that helped alleviate the dire threat of acid rain...
...Such dire conditions force millions of people to head to the better public hospitals in India's cities. The Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in New Delhi is well maintained, relatively clean and is probably one of the best. Unlike most hospitals, which get their funding from state governments, the RML is financed directly by the central government and caters to the thousands of public servants and senior government officers, including members of Parliament, who are lucky enough to have state-funded medical insurance. But its high standards are also a magnet for sick people for hundreds of miles...
...swing through Scranton, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia on Monday. She prevented Obama from running away with votes in upscale suburban counties like Bucks and Montgomery. The victory gives her one last chance to convince donors to invest in her cause - a cause that even with the victory is in dire need of new funding. And it provides more ammunition for the argument she and her supporters have been pressing with the superdelegates who will ultimately put one of the candidates over the top - that she is better positioned than Obama to win in November...