Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Little-noticed Olympic event: Haves vs. have-nots - Post-Bulletin


Little-noticed Olympic event: Haves vs. have-nots
Post-Bulletin
In this battle of haves and have-nots at the London Games, the have-nots include a dentist and a disc jockey, a Buddhist monk and a one-time brothel owner. Irish boxer Darren O'Neill quit his job teaching at Holy Trinity Primary School in Dublin to ...

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Lemonade? Live music? Airports ease travel stress - NBCNews.com


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Lemonade? Live music? Airports ease travel stress
NBCNews.com
The busy summer travel season can make the airport experience the most stressful part of any leisure or business trip. To help travelers relax, many airports offer some form of summertime entertainment. For example, San Francisco International Airport ...

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Parents' Stress Levels Rise As Kids Head Back-to-School - Equities.com


Parents' Stress Levels Rise As Kids Head Back-to-School
Equities.com
8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the 2012 Back-to-School Shopping study released today by Coupons.com and conducted by Harris Interactive®, American parents[1] are feeling the stress of getting their kids back to the classroom. 50 percent of Moms ...

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Tibetan Woman Dies in Western China Blaze, Reports Say - New York Times


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Tibetan Woman Dies in Western China Blaze, Reports Say
New York Times
On Monday, a Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery self-immolated in the town of Ngaba, according to reports by Free Tibet and Radio Free Asia, which is financed by the United States government. The condition of the monk was not known on Tuesday, but he ...
Second self-immolation in two days occurs in TibetExaminer.com
Woman Strips, Self-ImmolatesRadio Free Asia
Two Tibetans Die in Self-Immolation in Western ChinaThe Epoch Times
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Economic stress blamed for work bullying - The Australian


Economic stress blamed for work bullying
The Australian
Testifying at the Perth hearing of the House of Representatives Education and Employment Standing Committee inquiry into workplace bullying on Wednesday, UnionsWA president Meredith Hammat said national workers' compensation claims for ...

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European Banks' Dollar-Funding Stress Holds at Lowest in a Year - Bloomberg


European Banks' Dollar-Funding Stress Holds at Lowest in a Year
Bloomberg
European banks' reluctance to lend to one another held at the lowest level in more than a year, according to a money-market indicator. The Euribor-OIS spread, the difference between the euro interbank offered rate and overnight indexed swaps, was 29 ...

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Odisha Tourism Minister meet Sahay, urges centre to extend special Buddhist ... - Orissadiary.com


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Odisha Tourism Minister meet Sahay, urges centre to extend special Buddhist ...
Orissadiary.com
Report by OD bureau; New Delhi: Odisha Tourism and Culture Minister Mahswar Mohanty urges centre to extend “Maharaja's Express Classical India Train” and “Mohapari Nirvan Special Train' to cover important destinations of the Buddhist Circuit of Odisha.

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