| Malaysia, Flight 370 relatives talk financial help
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 A Malaysian official met Sunday with relatives of passengers who were aboard the missing jetliner and discussed ways of providing them with financial assistance, as an unmanned submarine continued to search for any signs of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Hamzah Zainuddin met with the passengers' relatives in Kuala Lumpur to talk about ...
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| Liverpool beats Norwich 3-2, tops EPL by 5 points
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 A first English championship in 24 years is within Liverpool's grasp after a 3-2 victory over Norwich that was inspired by Raheem Sterling's double and a 30th goal of the campaign by Luis Suarez on Sunday. An 11th straight league win secured the Reds a return to the Champions League for the ...
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| As a Climber of Mountains, I Can't Get My Head Around the Everest Economy
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 Image: Everest base camp/Wiki It's easiest to say that Mount Everest itself killed the 12 Sherpa guides lost last week in an avalanche on the mountain's south flank. Mountains, monstrous sleeping entities, claim lives—it's the poetry of the backcountry. Part of that poetry is the mythologization of the Sherpa and others—particularly non-white, ethnic Others—that work and live in that backcountry, whether they're doing the crushing, tedious work of hauling gear to Everest base camp or more elite tasks like setting ropes high on the mountain, as the Sherpa team was doing last week when many tons of ice and snow broke loose above it. But Everest isn't just a mountain, it's an industry—a very flush industry sustained entirely by foreigners. Let's here start with the Sherpa end of the deal. From The New York Times: A Sherpa typically earns around $125 per climb per legal load, which the Nepalese government has set at around 20 pounds, though young men will double that to earn more, guides say. Raised on ...
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| Rajasthan Royals (RR) vs Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), IPL 2014: Shane Watson dismissed for 50
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 Shane Watson © IANS Apr 20, 2014 Rajasthan Royals (RR) are at 143 for three after 15 overs against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 on April 20. Sanju Samson is batting on 42 and Stuart Binny is on 12. Punjab captain George Bailey won the toss and elected to bowl in Match 7 of IPL 7. The luck favoured Watson twice in the 10th over bowled by Patel. First, he got a thick inside-edge on a slog-sweep but the ball missed the stumps and went for a four behind the wickets. Then he lofted one towards long-on, but David Miller dropped a sitter and the ball trickled over the boundary line for the second four in the over. Watson then got his batting sorted with two clean strikes. He first hit a four off Balaji over extra-cover and then a six straight down the ground. It was almost like a competition between the duo as Samson and Watson exchanged fours between themselves in one over from Karthik. Watson then smashed a huge six as well. Awana bowled a relatively better over till the ...
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