UA administrator's retirement: Fighting sex trafficking in India

A UA engineering administrator is retiring to devote his full energy to a nonprofit organization his family started to help victims of sex trafficking in India get jobs.

India refusing to yield to lesson of asbestos peril

Asbestos "is a slow poison," said Rajendra Pevekar of Mumbai, who suffers from shortness of breath. "It destroys your lungs and you don't even know it." His father suffered an early death after working in a factory where he swept asbestos, and his mother has been crippled by it.

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Asia-Pacific region defense chiefs meet in Hawaii

KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) — Top defense officials from 24 nations in the Asia-Pacific region discussed how to combat piracy and deliver disaster assistance at a meeting in Hawaii.

It's tough love for school-skipping 'Slumdog' kids

MUMBAI, India — The slum kid stars of "Slumdog Millionaire" want a lot of things in life — new houses, a car, trips to London and Paris — but they aren't too interested in school.

US ranks 31st in gender equality of 134 nations surveyed

NEW YORK — Women remain far behind men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a survey of 134 nations released Tuesday.

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Guinea deal raises more doubts on China's push into Africa

BEIJING — A $7 billion mining deal between Guinea's repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China's full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with brutal and corrupt governments.

Sri Lanka's child soldiers now retrain for life as kids

AMBEPUSSA, Sri Lanka — Vinojan's boyhood ended when Sri Lanka's civil war reignited.

Neto's Tucson :

Every Friday a small group of women gathers in the arts and crafts room at Downtown's Armory Senior Center. The women come from varied walks of life and distinct experiences, but they are one family.

Neto's Tucson :

Suicide bombings kill 24 in Pakistan as army tries uprooting Taliban

ISLAMABAD — A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked a major Pakistani air base on Friday, killing seven people in an escalating campaign that strikes at the heart of this nuclear-armed nation's security forces.

Suicide bombings kill 24 in Pakistan as army tries uprooting Taliban

President pushes growing clean-energy technology

WASHINGTON — Over the next three years, Americans will replace nearly all their traditional light bulbs with cooler, more energy-efficient bulbs under a federal mandate designed to curb power consumption, help the environment and stimulate new jobs in a "greener" future.

Fe de Erratas : En la plaza

Desde esta perspectiva se alcanza a ver toda la plaza, un perfecto cuadro rodeado por negocios enmarcados dentro de arcos coloniales. Una plaza colonial como pocas veces se ve en el Noroeste de México. Este es el lugar elegido hoy para escribir esta columna.