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April 26: Not too long ago the vaulted, shiny red roofs were the object of both envy and scorn. It is widely believed that they belonged to Maxim Bakiyev, the wealthy son of Kyrgyzstan’s recently ousted leader, Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
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April 26: VISUALLY impaired Yam Tong Woo first had a taste of iPhone 3GS last year when I brought a unit to him for testing. He had heard about it and wanted to play with it.
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 26: Visually impaired people now have an opportunity to expand their business through the Entrepreneur Development Fund created by the Society for the Blind, Malaysia (SBM).
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April 26: Bill Gates walked into the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva - for a meeting in an underground chamber where global pandemics are managed and was greeted by bad news. Polio was spreading across Africa, even after he gave $700 mi...
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April 26: Salman Khan starrer 'Veer' has now become the first movie in India to have an audio–description (AD) track in Hindi on its DVD. With this, the makers of the film ensure that no fan of Salman remains untouched by the charms of this romantic act...
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April 25: The effects of autism may be more reversible than previously thought, according to new research.
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April 24: The World Health Organization says it is sending technical experts to Tajikistan to investigate an outbreak of seven cases of polio in the country. It says this is the first importation of polio in the European region since Europe was certified ...
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April 24: Ghana is to host the fifth Africa forum for Blind People in 2011, a recognised event of the African Union of the Blind, which will seek to deliberate on issues affecting people with visual impairments.
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April 24: Nicole Scherzinger rose to fame in her girl group The Pussycat Dolls, and now she wants to use her talents to give back. She's inspired by her aunt, who has Down syndrome, and wants to set up a music camp for disabled people.
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April 23: It's not the done thing to laugh at mental health issues. Just ask Steve Penk. Strange, as most comedians react to taboos like bulls to a matador's cape.
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April 22: While director Cho Kyeong-duk was studying in Japan in 2004, he came across a nonfiction book with a provocative title: “Sex Volunteer,” by Kaori Kawai.
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Abu Dhabi, April 22: Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) working for the rehabilitation of disabled people in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will now come under the control of the ministry of social affairs.
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April 22: A west suburban library that provides talking books and Braille service to disabled people in northeast Illinois will likely close this summer because of a lack of state funding, library officials said Wednesday.
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April 22: LICHFIELD'S Labour Parliamentary candidate Steve Hyden has backed disability charity Scope's Polls Apart campaign.
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April 22: Deaf people will soon be able to text emergency services from their mobile phones after the government promised to introduce the services as soon as possible.
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Singapore, April 21: A new center to help pupils with special needs cope better in mainstream schools opened officially April 20.
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New Delhi, April 20: Braving the scorching heat Tuesday, thousands of disabled people protested the government’s failure to provide them with social security and free healthcare and demanded a separate ministry to look after their needs.
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April 19: Netflix has enabled closed captions on a limited number of titles available through its Watch Instantly service, the company’s chief product officer, Neil Hunt, wrote in a blog post this morning.
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April 19: Next time you head out for a hike, either close your eyes tightly or wrap a bandanna around your head and eyes and see how far you can make it down the trail without straying or falling down.
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April 17: Cambodia is a country with a more traumatic past than most. Recent decades have seen civil war, followed by genocide and more civil war. Despite a growing economy and rapid development, mental health workers say the psychological scars have yet ...
