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Pressure mounts on Ghaddafi:
European Union slaps sanctions
The European Union has imposed an arms embargo,
travel bans and other sanctions on the Libyan regime amid mounting
pressure against Tripoli’s killing of protesters.
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Chinese evacuees say “thank you” in Greek
Among the Chinese evacuees who landed on the
Greek island of Crete after a cross-Mediterranean trip from Libya in
recent days, “Efharisto” (thank you) has become the most popular
native word they are keen to learn. Since Thursday, more than 10,000
Chinese nationals have been evacuated to Crete so far.
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Beauty comes in small packages in Canada
Following in the footsteps of its American
neighbors to the south, beauty contests for children are gaining in
popularity in Canada with savvy youngsters viewing the pageants as a
possible career opportunity, or even better, a shot to fame. A
wintery Sunday morning in the township of Fort Langley, British
Columbia, provided a good indication of just how far parents will go
in their quest to make their children famous as the parking lot at
the Langley Fines Arts School had vehicles bearing license plates
from such far off destinations as Alberta, Oregon and neighboring
Washington State.
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Afghan city getting ready for Islamic Cultural festival
Labourers are seen busy either in digging
gutters along the streets or asphalting the roads almost in each
corner of Ghazni city to modernize the face of the war- battered and
rural-like Afghan town.
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