Submitted by admin on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 05:45
The approximately 195,000 inhabitants included about 180,000 Euro-Americans, 15,000 Native Americans and several hundred African-Americans. The whites and African-Americans were concentrated in the state's southeast quarter. Only several hundred lived north of a line from Taylors Falls to Little Falls and west of a Little Falls-Albany-Glencoe-New Ulm-Blue Earth line. Settlers were first attrac...
Submitted by admin on Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 15:45
Actionaid in Myanmar is delivering emergency relief with its partners in 276 villages in the affected areas. We aim to reach thousands of the most vulnerable people like children, women and the elderly with much-needed immediate aid in the coming days.
We are working with three key local organisations KDN, Pact Myanmar and Myanmar Egrees. They are helping ActionAid to provide relief in th...
Submitted by admin on Monday, May 12, 2008 - 01:45
AN Afghan baby was found dead after a gunfight between Australian diggers and Taliban soldiers in November last year, the defence force said today.
Acting defence chief Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie said Afghan custom, which requires a quick burial, meant the baby's cause of death was not known.
"We're not sure of what the circumstances were in the baby's death," Lt Gen Gillespie...