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4 Students From Same High School Are Found Dead in a Month
The school year in one suburban New York community has started with funerals, fear and frustration. Four teenagers from Brentwood High School on Long Island have been found dead within the past month, all suspected victims of gang violence. On Sept. 13, the day before her 16th birthday, Nisa Mickens’ brutally beaten body was found […]
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Powerful typhoon closing in on southern Japan
(AFP) -A powerful typhoon was heading for Japan’s southernmost Okinawa island chain on Monday, packing winds that forced flight cancellations. The “very strong” storm is set to hit the subtropical islands later in the day, packing gusts of up to 250 kilometres (155 miles) per hour, Japan’s weather agency said. [restrict] Typhoon Chaba was some […]
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Some Things You Just Can’t Explain
A farmer was sitting in the neighborhood bar getting drunk. A man came in and asked the farmer, “Hey, why are you sitting here on this beautiful day, getting drunk?” The farmer shook his head and replied, “Some things you just can’t explain.” “So what happened that’s so horrible?” the man asked as he sat […]
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NAVFAC Pacific Awards Base Operating Support Services Contract for Joint Region Marianas, Guam
ASAN – Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific on Sept. 30 awarded a $39.7 million cost-plus-award-fee contract with award options to DZSP 21 LLC, a large business of New Jersey, for base operating support services at Joint Region Marianas on Guam. [restrict] “We are pleased that this large contract award has been executed to support […]
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First regional agreement to enable cross-border electronic trade in Asia-Pacific opens
An unprecedented United Nations treaty that will cut trade time and costs in the Asia-Pacific region was open for signature on 1 October 2016 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific will result in long-term benefits for the region by […]