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Vest spares HPD officer serious injury in shooting

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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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Holiday spirit is still in the cards

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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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Man in woman’s clothing robs Wharton bank

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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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NPO ‘builds hope’ for kids in rural Cambodia (The Japan Times)

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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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Thailand will not normalize ties with Cambodia for now (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)

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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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CAMBODIA: Pressure grows over Uyghur asylum seekers (AlertNet)

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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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Sex workers march to demand decriminalization of trade

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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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Montreal to unwrap budget Jan. 13

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Mayor Gérald Tremblay will unveil the 2010 municipal budget on Jan. 13.



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Quebec’s minimum wage to go up 50 cents in May

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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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Quebec launches bar-coded Medicare cards

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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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