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Town NewsMy mercy mission into the cyclone zone with the Burmese heroes who put junta to shameNOTHING summed up the Burmese military dictatorship’s neglect of its people as hauntingly as the scenes of desperation last week in Bogale, a southern town in the Irrawaddy delta.Read Full Article Why did so many Chinese schools collapse in the earthquake?In almost every town and village rocked by China’s massive earthquake distraught parents point to the ruins of a school where their only child died.Read Full Article Gypsy shanty towns burn in Naples as Italian police swoop on illegal immigrantsItalian police began a nationwide round-up of nearly 400 illegal immigrants from the Balkans and North Africa today in the midst of a series of arson attacks on Roma gypsy camps in the suburbs of Naples.Read Full Article Fears for 600,000 beneath dam damaged by China quakeTwo thousand soldiers have been sent to plug cracks in a dam upriver from the earthquake-stricken town of Dujiangyan.Read Full Article A grim search for life in the valley of deathBeichuan was once a lively town of 20,000. Today it is a graveyard, with few surviving China’s earthquake.Read Full Article External News for: townItalian town commemorates World War II tragedy - Washington PostWashington PostItalian town commemorates World War II tragedyWashington PostPeople take part take part in a memorial ceremony in the grottos of Cisterna di Latina, near Rome where the town's population lived for monthsduring the war ...and more »Italian town commemorates World War II tragedy - Washington PostWashington PostItalian town commemorates World War II tragedyWashington PostPeople take part take part in a memorial ceremony in the grottos of Cisterna di Latina, near Rome where the town's population lived for monthsduring the war ...and more »Planning of Swansea Town Meeting warrant nears completion - Fall River Herald NewsPlanning of Swansea Town Meeting warrant nears completionFall River Herald NewsTown Administrator James Kern said Friday that the process of assembling a warrant for the May 17 annual Town Meeting is gathering steam ...Exploring Inter-Lakes' continuationLaconia CitizenWarrant still a work in progressNashoba PublishingHampton Around the TownYork WeeklyAdvocate -Acton-The Beacon -Boston Globeall 39 news articles »Italian town commemorates World War II tragedy - Washington PostWashington PostItalian town commemorates World War II tragedyWashington PostPeople take part take part in a memorial ceremony in the grottos of Cisterna di Latina, near Rome where the town's population lived for monthsduring the war ...and more »Planning of Swansea Town Meeting warrant nears completion - Fall River Herald NewsPlanning of Swansea Town Meeting warrant nears completionFall River Herald NewsTown Administrator James Kern said Friday that the process of assembling a warrant for the May 17 annual Town Meeting is gathering steam ...Exploring Inter-Lakes' continuationLaconia CitizenWarrant still a work in progressNashoba PublishingHampton Around the TownYork WeeklyAdvocate -Acton-The Beacon -Boston Globeall 39 news articles »Irish Port Town Puzzled to Find Itself Part of a Multinational Terrorism Inquiry - New York TimesNew York TimesIrish Port Town Puzzled to Find Itself Part of a Multinational Terrorism InquiryNew York Times... reacted as much with puzzlement as dismay, as if Islamic extremism had no conceivable place amid the tranquillity of this quiet old harbor town. ...and more » |
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