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Boy, 6, bites rope to escape from kidnappers
July 8, 2009A 6-year-old boy managed to bite and loosen the rope around his hands and escaped from his kidnappers. The student in Yangtian village, Shaanxi province, was kidnapped on Monday afternoon. Two men used a motorcycle to...
Read moreBritish prison opens top-class restaurant inside
July 8, 2009(Xinhuanet) -- A top-class restaurant was opened inside a prison in Sutton, Surrey, Britain, according to media reports Tuesday. The restaurant, The Clink, is the first commercial one behind the bars in the country. Diners can...
Read moreBritish Airways workers reject job cuts
July 8, 2009Reposted from http://www.laborradio.org A plan to slash thousands of jobs and freeze wages at British Airways in an attempt to cut costs hit turbulence on Monday. Jesse Russell reports: On Monday, workers for British Airways rejected...
Read moreDaughter of the revolution
July 8, 2009Original source:Aleida Guevara attracts interest wherever she goes. Fascination with her father Che plays a part, but it is her ability to candidly argue the case of Cuba's revolutionary endeavours that endears her to audiences. In...
Read moreHonduras coup resistance grows
July 8, 2009Tegucigalpa, Jul 7 (Prensa Latina) Popular organizations joined in a Front against the coup perpetrated in Honduras are to redouble peaceful rallies to restore the constitutional order in the country. Union, rural, student, and youth leaders,...
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