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Peace Corps Leaves Mali, New U.S. Travel Warning Issued
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Peace Corps volunteers have been evacuated from Mali and non-essential U.S. diplomatic personnel have been offered flights out due to ongoing political instability following a military coup in March, the State Department said on...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Amadou Toumani Toure, Mali, Travel, Trips and Vacations
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IU student dies after falling from balcony
An Indiana University student died early Friday morning after falling from a balcony. Linden Whitt, 20, an economics major from Mishawaka, died of neck injuries after falling eight feet off a backyard porch at her apartment near the Indiana...
Tags: Health, Indiana University, Students, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School
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Galien woman's Peace Corps vision sets sights on Morocco
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterRemember the Peace Corps? Monica Groen did, shortly after her 2010 graduation from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. Not quite ready to begin law school, Groen, 23, a former...Tags: Health, Morocco, Medical Procedures and Tests, John F. Kennedy
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Innocent Tacoma man imprisoned in Nicaragua, defenders say
CNNSince last summer, a former Peace Corpsvolunteer from Tacoma, Washington has been wasting away in a Nicaraguan prison, wrongfully convicted of international drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime, his supporters say. A growing chorus of...Tags: Mexico, General Practitioners, Realty, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice
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Our Laguna: Nominate Laguna seniors for nationwide contest
A national contest is seeking nominations of outstanding senior volunteers. The Salute to Senior Service program includes a search for the most outstanding senior volunteer in each state and will culminate in the selection of a national winner during...Tags: Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, Christianity, Politics, Elections
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Police training consultants under scrutiny for contracts, expenses
A nonprofit foundation paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by the Baltimore Police Department as part of the commissioner's signature training program reported that nearly 40 percent of the foundation's expenditures over two years covered entertainment,...Tags: Shootings, Advanced Training, Montgomery County (Maryland), Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Robert F. Kennedy
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News briefs; Search teams suspend action in Italy cruise ship disaster
Search teams suspend operations after cruise ship grounded off Italian island shifts
ROME (AP) — Italian rescue workers suspended operations Wednesday after a stricken cruise ship shifted slightly on the rocks near the Tuscan coast,...Tags: John McCain, Computer Networking and Internet, Air Transportation Delays, Eric Holder, Republican Party
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Eugenia A. "Genie" Kennedy, educator
Eugenia A. "Genie" Kennedy, a former Peace Corps volunteer and teacher, died Jan. 7 of multiple organ failure at her Bel Air home. She was 82. A daughter of a businessman and a homemaker, Sarah Eugenia Asbury, who did not use her first name, was born...Tags: Key West, Bel Air (Allegany, Maryland), George Kennedy, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Pam Wright
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Robert W. "Bob" Roche, relief worker
Robert W. "Bob" Roche, a former Peace Corps volunteer who later worked in Africa with Catholic Relief Services, died Jan. 12 of undetermined causes at Sanctuary at Holy Cross, a Burtonsville senior living community.
The Columbia resident was 61.
"We are...Tags: Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Africa, Colleges and Universities, Ellicott City
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Keeping Md. Guard in Afghanistan does not promote peace
I found the recent headline regarding to Maryland National Guard ("Maryland Guard fights on in hope of Afghan peace," Jan. 29) to be Orwellian. It is a simple dictum that you can't wage war for peace. There are no winners in a war, only losers. One side...Tags: The Pentagon, Osama bin Laden, U.S. Military, Afghanistan
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You say Orlando, and I say Sedona . . .
Sherry Wolf always indulged her husband's love of Costa Rica — until he brought home a book about moving there.
"I told him, 'Don't even think about it, because I'm not going,'" she said.
While Scott Wolf, a 61-year-old Flossmoor radiologist,...Tags: Scott Wolf, Homes, Chicago Tribune, MetLife Incorporated, Costa Rica
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It's A Gray Area: Make the most of life and smile
As hard as it is to believe, the year 2012 is now upon us. And I am only just now about ready to face the Y2K problem! But with the sobering understanding that time will continue to fly by, I now ask you: Knowing what you know now, if you could have...Tags: Orange County Superior Court, John Wooden
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