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Woman forms group aiding Vietnamese hurt by Katrina They saw people waiting in line at boo... Oaklander swept up in storm reli

Woman forms group aiding Vietnamese hurt by Katrina

They saw people waiting in line at booths for hours, only to be given an 800 number to call, with messages recorded in English or Spanish. They only knew of three FEMA staff who spoke Vietnamese. In total, the friends estimated, they translated for nearly 200 people a day.

The group witnessed the first wave of residents returning ...

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Houston visit motivates woman to form group aiding Vietnamese hurt by Katrina Though resid... Oaklander swept up in storm reli

Houston visit motivates woman to form group aiding Vietnamese hurt by Katrina

Though residents were allowed to return to clean up their houses in Versailles in early October, no one could stay there past 8 p.m. At the time, the soil in certain areas was being tested for toxicity.

"It was unsanitary, but people wanted to come back because it's a close-knit community with a lot of e...

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New Zealanders' mortgage debt rose a rapid 16 per cent in the year ending September. To my... Borrowing is Not All Bad...

New Zealanders' mortgage debt rose a rapid 16 per cent in the year ending September.

To my knowledge, there hasn't been any research on what we're doing with the extra money. But the Reserve Bank of Australia has been checking out Aussies' habits.

While it found that a small portion of the borrowed money went on consumer spending - flash TV sets, holidays and the like - most of ...

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The country is benefiting from the effects of an ambitious new scheme, called Malaysia My Second ... An open-armed approach to

The country is benefiting from the effects of an ambitious new scheme, called Malaysia My Second Home, which launched in 2002 with generous government backing and the aim to drive up numbers of long-term foreign visitors and private property prospectors.

The scheme has steadily been pulling in applicants territories including Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, the UK, France, Canada and South A...

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COCOA -- When most Central Florida residents remember the state's worst hurricanes, Wilma won't make the list. But don't say that to the folks on Stratford Drive.

More than two weeks after the fast-moving storm caused only minor d...

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Slipping through the cracks. That's how officials at the Simonka Place women's shelter in Keize... System's wheels move slo

Slipping through the cracks. That's how officials at the Simonka Place women's shelter in Keizer describe the case, and more realistically, the life of Kathy, a 45-year-old woman living at the shelter temporarily.

Kathy was sent there after being treated in late September at Salem Hospital's emergency room.

With multiple health issues, including losing the use of one leg, no heal...

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Allianz AG said Friday its third-quarter net profit rose 70 percent despite this summer's costly... Allianz Posts Jump in Third

Allianz AG said Friday its third-quarter net profit rose 70 percent despite this summer's costly hurricanes, on a better-than-expected profit from its insurance units and a decline in bad debt provisions.

The company earned euro794 million (US$933.9 million), or euro2.02 (US$2.38) a share, in the July-September period, compared with euro468 million, or euro1.27 a share, a year ago. Analy...

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The state started borrowing money from the federal government in 2003 to maintain the fund from w... Businesses in clear with u

The state started borrowing money from the federal government in 2003 to maintain the fund from which unemployment benefits are paid.

But the state had to start paying that money back. It submitted a repayment plan to the U.S. Department of Labor during the summer. If the plan had been rejected, the U.S. government would have imposed what's essentially a $50 million tax increase...

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In its quest to transform into a retail organisation and to delight the customers, Bank of Baroda... BoB adds more retail loan

In its quest to transform into a retail organisation and to delight the customers, Bank of Baroda launched 51 more Baroda Moneyplex across the country. This takes the Moneyplex tally to 62 across the country. The 'Moneplex' is a one stop shop for retail solutions, operating out of branches catering predominantly to the personal segment. Dedicated resources are deployed in the form of smart, f...

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Congressional Republicans have figured out a nifty way to begin lifting the nation out of the bud... GOP's Fix: Robin Hood

Congressional Republicans have figured out a nifty way to begin lifting the nation out of the budget hole their borrow-and-spend spree has left us in: take from the poor and give to the rich.

Finally embarrassed by their profligacy, and positioning themselves as reborn deficit hawks for the congressional elections next year, the party's run-amok social and religious conservatives are ...

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