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Heitkamp, Murkowski Bill to Stand up for Native Children Considered in U.S. House of Representatives (Heidi Heitkamp)
Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
Department of the Interior, Administration for Children and Families, and National Congress of American Indians about the immediate need to address the disproportionate challenges Native children face, including experiencing levels of post-traumatic stress similar to newly returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, dramatically , and than any racial or ethnic demographic in the country....
House Adopts DeSantis NDAA Amendments to Target Cuban Military, Combat Sexual Assault (Ron DeSantis)
Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
Washington, DC - The House today adopted two amendments to the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offered by Rep ... These amendments will strengthen national security and bolster our military forces. 'These amendments will enhance our military and protect our national security,' DeSantis said ... This amendment will help commanders in the Army ......
Seychelles Lawmakers Approve Measure to Decriminalize Gay Sex
Edit Topix 19 May 2016
The Republic of the Seychelles, the archipelago nation off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, has moved to decriminalize gay sex. An amendment to change the country's criminal code passed in parliament with 14 votes in favor, 14 abstentions, and 4 members not present ... ....
Garbage picker in military attire sings Mao's praises
Edit Topix 19 May 2016
LUOYANG, China - Zhao Shunli's transformation takes place several times a week in a simple bedroom filled with Mao Zedong memorabilia, its concrete walls lined with posters portraying the founder of the communist state. Once his army jacket buttons up and his white gloves snap on, Zhao the garbage picker becomes Zhao the People's Liberation Army veteran ... ....
PNB Q4 loss highest by an Indian bank
Edit The Times of India 19 May 2016
NEW DELHI. Punjab National Bank on Wednesday reported a quarterly loss of Rs 5,367 crore for the three months ended March, highest ever by an Indian bank, and set aside more funds for potential losses from bad debt ... Indian banks have seen their NPAs surge as companies in several sectors such as steel and textiles have witnessed pressure of imports, especially from China ... ....
Allen Stam Discusses the Importance of Leadership (Hoover Institution)
Edit Public Technologies 19 May 2016
A former communications specialist in the US Army Special Forces, Stam holds a US government top secret clearance and has worked on several consulting projects for the Department of Defense and the US Navy's Joint Warfare Analysis Center ... Few academic disciplines, Stam contended, adequately account for the power of good-and bad-leadership in nations' rise and fall....
FIPB rejects Pak Dawood’s plea for dad’s shares in company
Edit The Times of India 19 May 2016
For close to a decade, Pakistani businessman Rafique Dawood, chairman of the First Dawood Investment Bank, has been trying to transfer over 51,000 shares held by his father Late Siddique Dawood in Indian company Rain Industries ... The shares are part of his father's $50,000 investment in Indian companies, Dawood told TOI over the phone from Karachi....
Top wilful defaulter Zoom Developers linked to BVI trust
Edit Topix 19 May 2016
ONE OF the country's top wilful defaulters, Zoom Developers Ltd, and its promoter are linked to an offshore trust registered in the British Virgin Islands , according to an April 2013 investigation by The Indian Express and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on investments by Indians in offshore entities in tax havens ... ....
Army soldiers raise concerns about new body armour
Edit BBC News 19 May 2016
Media captionFootage from Forces TV shows soldiers demonstrating the Osprey and Virtus body armours. British army soldiers have raised concerns about their new body armour, the BBC has learned ... 'Fire fuel' ... Others said ... There are good reasons to ease the burden ... He said he was "appalled" that soldiers were being issued with what he considered to be "sub-standard kit" and hoped the British Army had learned from the lessons of the past ... ....
'Truck-like' bouncer shakesUp Bailey
Edit The Telegraph India 19 May 2016
Australian batsman George Bailey had a lucky escape from injury after being hit on the helmet by a "truck-like" bouncer from compatriot Nathan Coulter-Nile during an Indian Premier League match here on Tuesday ... ....
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