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West Friendship: Troop 794 celebrates 100th year of Girl Scouts with Thinking Day
March 12 marked the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts in the United States. When Juliette Gordon Low returned to Savannah, Ga., from England in 1912, she brought with her the idea for Girl Guides which she had learned about while in Scotland. Once back...Tags: Bunny (music group), Social Organizations, Religious Festivals, Easter, Science
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New Walters exhibit explores the art of the ancient Americas
Except for the spout sticking up from its backbone, the reddish-brown clay dog bears a striking resemblance to the Chihauhau curled up in front of your fireplace. There's the whiplike tail that's been temporarily stilled, the ears cocked sleepily in...Tags: Dog (animal), Museums, Walters Art Museum, Arts, Animals
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Ida headed for Gulf this weekend
Maryland WeatherWeakened to tropical depression status and somewhat disrupted by its passage over parts of eastern Nicaragua and Honduras, Ida is continuing to drop life-threatening rain over the Central American countries. But the storm is expected to move back over...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Weather
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A Carefully Crafted Deception
Sun StaffA dangerous truth confronted John Dimitri Negroponte as he prepared to take over as U.S. ambassador to Honduras late in 1981. The military in Honduras -- the country from which the Reagan administration had decided to run the battle for democracy in...Tags: Defense, Police Arrests, Newspaper and Magazine, Central Intelligence Agency, The New York Times
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When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty.
Sun Staff(First in a series) TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - The search for Nelson Mackay Chavarria - family man, government lawyer, possible subversive - began one Sunday in 1982 after he devoured a pancake breakfast and stepped out to buy a newspaper. It ended last...Tags: Erwin Rommel, Rebellions, World War II (1939-1945), Companies and Corporations, Defense
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Unearthed: Fatal Secrets
Sun StaffThe search for Nelson Mackay Chavarria - family man, government lawyer, possible subversive - began one Sunday in 1982 after he devoured a pancake breakfast and stepped out to buy a newspaper. It ended last December when his wife, Amelia, watched as...Tags: Erwin Rommel, Rebellions, World War II (1939-1945), Companies and Corporations, Defense
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UPDATE 1-El Salvador says panel rejects complaint from Canadian miner
ReutersSAN SALVADOR, June 1 (Reuters) - El Salvador said on Friday a World Bank arbitration panel threw out a complaint from Canadian mining company Pacific Rim demanding compensation for long delays in granting permits at its flagship gold project. The company...Tags: El Salvador, Metal and Mineral, Economic Organization, Trials, Trade Agreements
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Wal-Mart urges worker integrity amid bribery probe
ReutersFAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas (Reuters) - Top executives of Wal-Mart Stores Inc did not directly mention a Mexican bribery scandal at an employee pep rally on Wednesday, but asked their international workers to focus on "integrity" as a core value. The world'...Tags: The New York Times, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Political Corruption, Labor Legislation, Corporate Crime
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Canana takes 'Hunt,' 'No,' 'Swan': Leading Mexican indie expands in Central America
VarietyCANNES -- Underscoring further international market growth, Mexico's Canana has closed Mexico and Central America on two Cannes prize-winners: Thomas Vinterberg's "The Hunt" and Pablo Larrain's "No." Canana also clinched Mexico rights to Romain Coppola's...Tags: Diego Luna, Chile, Mads Mikkelsen, Gael Garcia Bernal, Denmark
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In Honduras, U.S. should tread lightly
As the war on drugs has spread from Mexico to Central America, so has the U.S. role in Honduras. Pentagon contracts are helping to fund new military bases in remote regions of that country, and U.S. troops and special Drug Enforcement Administration...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Lobbying, The Pentagon
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Guatemala's coffee crop hit by killer fungus
Reuters* Fungus affects up to 40 pct of Guatemala's coffee trees * Outbreak cuts harvest forecast * More aggressive variety threatens farmers By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 8 (Reuters) - A mutant strain of one of the world's most devastating coffee...Tags: Colombia, El Salvador, Starbucks Corp., Guatemala, Nicaragua
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Dining review: Taking the tamale to a new level
I'd never quite understood the fuss over tamales. I found them to be heavy lumps, like bad protein bars, strictly meant for filling empty bellies. But Juan Tamale has shown me the way, and now I'm a believer. Juan (or Juan Tamale, as he likes to be...
Tags: Cheese, Chile, Mangos, Jack Cheese
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