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The May 26 news program reported the low-income family could not afford to send their child to hospital for treatment and had never received financial or medical aid from the government or charity organizations.
Recently, UNICEF’s Innocenti Research Centre released a report called “Child Poverty in Perspective: An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries” in [...]

The row has developed around a 20-tonne sculpture, The Lion of Scotland, by Edinburgh-based Ronald Rae. A small, vociferous group of MSPs wants to see it sited permanently outside the parliament building. Calvocoressi believes the lion does not match the quality of the art already in the Parliament, and would be better suited to cheering [...]

Keep in mind, though, that Jan Chipchase will probably be too busy with his job to talk much anyway. He could be bowling in Tupelo, Miss., or he could be rummaging through a woman%26#8217;s purse in Shanghai. He might be busy examining the advertisements for prostitutes stuck up in a S%26#227;o Paulo phone booth, [...]

Comparing Hillary Rodham Clinton to a big flopping fish will do nothing to stop criticism %26#151; from Clinton%26#8217;s presidential campaign, among others %26#151; that Matthews and his network, MSNBC, have treated the former first lady unfairly. But this didn%26#8217;t keep Matthews from bludgeoning the marlin line to death in the postdebate %26#8220;spin room.%26#8221; %26#8220;Russert [...]

In the western towns of Kisumu and Eldoret, in the capital Nairobi and on the coast, security forces clashed with youths, some of whom set up roadblocks and burnt tyres.Police in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold, fired in the air and used teargas and batons to disperse a 1,000-strong crowd. Two men were shot dead, witnesses [...]

By Ray Bennett
BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - No one expects confection
from British sobersides Mike Leigh, so his light-as-air new
film “Happy-Go-Lucky” is as surprising as it is delicious with
an indelible performance by new star Sally Hawkins.
As breezy as the title suggests, the film, which screened
at the Berlin Film Festival in [...]

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — The conference started with a
cookout at the Mandarin Oriental hotel on Elbow Beach in Bermuda
and ended with a talk by 23-year-old Lauren Bush, an anti-hunger
activist, former model and niece to President George W. Bush. In
between, executives at Goldman Sachs [...]

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — After becoming Russias president
eight years ago, Vladimir Putin consolidated power by salting
the government with former colleagues from the Soviet-era KGB
and the St. Petersburg mayors office.
Now Dmitry Medvedev, [...]

Visual arts
Saturday. Paintings and drawings. What could be the most popular exhibition at the Denver Art Museum since the 2006 debut of the Hamilton Building will open Saturday. Titled “Inspiring Impressionism,” this blockbuster explores the many ties between the impressionists and the old masters that preceded them. Timed and dated tickets are $20, with a [...]

Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) — South Korean police apprehended a
69-year-old man who confessed to starting a fire that destroyed
the countrys top national treasure, the 600-year-old Sungnyemun
Gate in Seoul.
“The suspect has confessed to [...]