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Burma introduces military draft

Thursday, January 13, 2011 According to an official document, the Burmese junta has passed a law dated November 4, 2010, requiring able-bodied persons over the age of 18 to register with local authorities. Furthermore, the law requires all men between the ages 18 and 45 as well as all women between 18 to 35 to […]

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Airplane crash in Brazil kills 24

Monday, February 9, 2009 Twenty-four people, among them seven children, were killed on Sunday after their airplane crashed in a river in Brazil. Four people survived the crash, including a 9-year-old boy. The aircraft, which was a twin-engine Embraer turboprop chartered by Manaus Aerotaxis, was carrying 26 passengers and two crew members when it crashed. […]

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Minuteman bike path iced out through Arlington after 4th snowiest winter on record

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 The Minuteman bike path, which runs 12 miles from Cambridge to Bedford, Massachusetts, is now passable by bike through Arlington, after what the National Weather Service has called the fourth snowiest winter in Boston’s recorded history. The path has been covered in snow and ice since the Blizzard of 2005 covered […]

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