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...Geneva-based International Campaign to Ban Landmines says there are an average of 15,000 to 20,000 land-mine deaths or injuries annually as innocent victims wander onto the leftover devices. Unknown numbers of unexploded mines are waiting to find victims in Angola, Cambodia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and many other countries...
...most important part, which Disney has perfected, is identifying and developing unknown talent to star in its shows. Like other Disney Channel series, Hannah Montana was cast-contingent when the network green-lighted the concept in 2005. The search for the right actress to play Miley Stewart - Hannah Montana by night - went on for a year. The young woman had to be appealing and cool for tweens but also parent-friendly. Producers say they want actors who can balance school with the demands of a TV show - and not end up in the tabloids. She also had to have musical...
...count out Vilsack just yet. The last two Democratic presidents, Clinton and Jimmy Carter, both started as relatively unknown governors who initially polled in the single digits too, and recent history has shown that Senators have a hard time portraying themselves as outsiders capable of bringing change to Washington. Neither Obama nor Clinton has declared they are running and if only one of them does, there's a lot of room for another major challenger to emerge. Aides to other Democratic candidates are already starting to quietly knock the big two, saying Hillary can't win the general election...
...there’s the red background, a not-so-subtle homage to the “little red book.” Apparently it’s a national bestseller, and Time Magazine seemed to like it. Plus, who wouldn’t want “the unknown story” on one of the world’s all-time most notorious dictators...
...Other leaders have been wounded but survived similar attempts on their lives. These figures had a few things in common, most notably their public denunciations of Syria and its allies in Lebanon, and the fact that their killers—at least officially—remain unknown...