Vest spares HPD officer serious injury in shooting
A Houston police officer was hit by gunfire, but wasn’t seriously injured because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.
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A Houston police officer was hit by gunfire, but wasn’t seriously injured because he was wearing a bullet-proof vest.
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A group predicts consumers will spend an average of .77 on cards and postage this holiday season, down from last year’s average of .39.
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Bank employees said the robber looked like a “tall black woman” when he entered the Texas Gulf Credit Union, 2015 North Fulton. But his deep voice and large hands and feet gave him away.
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Second in a series Based on the principle that “building schools is building hope,” Amatak House of Cambodia is providing opportunities for children to get an education in the impoverished country.
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Relations with Cambodia would not be improved in the short period as Thailand was not ready to change its conditions to normalise bilateral ties, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban said Thursday.
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Source: IRIN Cambodia is facing mounting pressure over the fate of 22 Uyghurs who fled China to avoid prosecution for their alleged involvement in violent protests earlier this year.
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Backing up demands for decriminalization of the Canadian sex trade with their third public action this month, the region’s sex workers are to take to this city’s streets en masse Thursday afternoon.
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Mayor Gérald Tremblay will unveil the 2010 municipal budget on Jan. 13.
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Quebec’s minimum-wage earners will be getting a belated gift from the provincial government – a 50-cent raise effective May 1.
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The Quebec health insurance board is to launch a new “smart” card for valid health care users, starting in January 2010.
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