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Strong Aftershock Rocks Pakistan Following Earthquake

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At least 160 killed, thousands homeless following 6.4 magnitude tremor centered around Ziarat tourist district
Family members stand near man who was injured in earthquake, at local hospital in Quetta, 29 Oct 2008A strong aftershock has shaken southwestern Pakistan, about 12 hours after a major earthquake in the region killed at least 160 people and left many others buried under rubble.The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6.2 magnitude aftershock struck Pakistan's Baluchistan province Wednesday afternoon local time. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the tremor.A stronger, 6.4 magnitude quake hit the same region near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan before dawn Wednesday. Its epicenter was in Ziarat, a mountainous district and major tourist site.The quake destroyed mud homes and triggered landslides in several villages as people slept. Officials say at least 160 bodies have been recovered from the rubble, and they expect the figure to rise.Officials estimate that at least 12,000 people have been left homeless. Panic-stricken survivors gathered in the chilly weather to wait for assistance. Pakistan's military says it is sending tents and field hospitals to the affected areas.Fatalities also were reported in Baluchistan's Pishin district.A strong earthquake hit northwestern Pakistan in October of 2005, killing nearly 75,000 people.

 

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Central Banks to Cut Interest Rates

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Move intended to boost economy by making it cheaper to borrow money
Top economic officials in many nations are in the process of cutting interest rates to stimulate the battered global economy.  Officers of the U.S. Federal Reserve stand watch in front of the Fed building in Washington, D.C., 29 Oct 2008The U.S. central bank is widely expected to cut its key interest rate by half a percent later Wednesday.  China's central bank has just cut interest rates, and the European Central Bank is likely to slash rates next week. The cuts are intended to boost economies by making it cheaper to borrow money to buy the things needed to expand businesses, build homes, and create jobs. Some investors cheered the latest in a long series of efforts to head off a global recession.Stock prices surged in Tokyo, London and Paris.  Stocks made modest gains in Hong Kong, but declined in Germany.  U.S. stocks declined in the first moments of Wednesday's trading after posting huge gains on Tuesday.

 

 

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Economy Remains Focus in Final Days of US Election Campaign

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Both candidates focus on small group of states that hold key to victory on November 4
The longest presidential election campaign in U.S. history is in its final week, and Democrat Barack Obama continues to hold a lead in the polls over Republican John McCain.  Both candidates are focused on the economy in the final days of the campaign, and on a small group of states that hold the key to victory on November 4.  VOA national correspondent Jim Malone reports from Washington.Senator Barack Obama leads Senator McCain by an average of seven points in the national polls.  More importantly, Obama is seen as leading in the state-by-state electoral vote tally that determines who will be the next president.Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain urges his supporters to "stand up and fight" at the conclusion of his campaign rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, 28 Oct 2008 But McCain remains undaunted by the long electoral odds in the final week of the campaign.  He spoke to a rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania."I have fought for you most of my life, and in places where defeat meant more than returning to the Senate," said McCain. "There are other ways to love this country, but I have never been the kind to back down when the stakes are high."In the final days of the campaign, McCain is hammering Obama's tax proposals as a thinly disguised Democratic effort to redistribute wealth from rich to poor."There is nothing fair about driving our economy into the ground," he said.  "We all suffer when that happens.  And that is the problem with Senator Obama's approach to our economy.  He is more interested in controlling wealth than creating it."Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, waves to supporters at a rally in the rain at Widener University Main Quad in Chester, Pennsylvania, 28 Oct 2008Democrat Obama also campaigned in Pennsylvania in the rain at an outdoor rally near Philadelphia.At each stop, Obama urges his supporters to get out and vote early if they can, warning against the complacency of enjoying a lead in the polls."And that is why in this last week that we cannot afford to slow down or to sit back or to let up, whether it is rain or sleet or snow," he said. "We are going to go out and we are going to vote because there is too much at stake!"Obama was quick to fire back at McCain over taxes, predicting corporations and the wealthy would benefit under McCain's tax plan.As Obama makes his final argument to voters this week, he emphasizes the themes of change and unity.  But Obama never misses an opportunity to try to tie Senator McCain to the economic record of the Bush administration."John McCain has ridden shotgun [offered protection] as George Bush has driven our economy towards a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas," he said. "They are trying to throw everything at me in these last seven days.  But you know what?  It is not going to work.  Not this time.  Not now.  Because the fact that all of you are here today shows how badly you want change, shows how committed you are!"Recent polls give Obama a lead in Pennsylvania of between eight and 13 points.Political experts say McCain is likely to fare better in trying to win traditional Republican states that are surprisingly competitive this year, states like Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana.In the final week of the campaign, Obama appears to have a huge edge over McCain in the areas of fundraising, television ads, and organization.Stephen Hess is a presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "Almost a flawless campaign in terms of raising money and having troops [staff and volunteers] on the ground in a sense, he is just overwhelming his opposition," he said.Both candidates are focused on a relatively small handful of states that are competitive for both campaigns and hold the balance of votes needed for the winning candidate to accumulate the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the White House next Tuesday.   

 


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US Hispanic Voters Favor Obama, But Turnout Will Be Key

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Hispanics compose fastest-growing ethnic minority in US, numbering more than 44 million people, but represent only about nine percent of total electorate
Hispanics compose the fastest-growing ethnic minority in the United States.  They number more than 44 million people, but represent only about nine percent of the total electorate. Many Hispanic residents are not U.S. citizens and a large percentage of those who are citizens are younger than the minimum voting age. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, Texas, surveys of potential Hispanic voters indicate strong support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.  But the impact of this group will be determined by the number of voters who go the polls on November 4.In heavily Hispanic areas around Houston, the top issues include the economy, health care and immigration.  Undocumented workers cannot legally vote and the few who are willing to speak to reporters express little interest in U.S. politics.But some Hispanics who are citizens are concerned about the status of these illegal immigrants. Sen. Barack Obama, 22 Sept. 2008One young man says the most important issue is immigration reform because of the difficulties faced by undocumented workers who are part of the Latino community here.The candidate many Hispanics favor is Barack Obama.  However, most Hispanics are very religious and Obama's support for abortion rights troubles some, like this woman."One thing I don't like about Obama is that he is for abortion and stuff like that," she said.But across the nation, Hispanics are supporting Obama by a nearly two-to-one margin.  Republican John McCain is having a hard time selling himself with these voters in spite of his co-sponsorship of an immigration reform bill two years ago that would have offered legal status to hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers. Gabriel SanchezPart of the problem, according to University of New Mexico political scientist Gabriel Sanchez, is that McCain responded to critics within his own party by hardening his position on immigration."In order to get through in the Republican primaries, he had to change his stance on an issue like immigration," he said. "And, unfortunately, for those Hispanics out there who care about immigration, those folks are moving back towards the Democratic party."But Sanchez says immigration has taken a back seat to the economy in this election and that there is no single issue that sets Hispanics apart from other voters."A lot of people make the assumption that Hispanic voters, nationally or here in New Mexico, vote based on ethnicity and that simply is not the case," he said. "Hispanics are like everybody else out there.  They are going to take a look at the issues that are important to them at the time and try to match that up to the candidates' stances on the issues."But one factor that has limited the impact of the Hispanic vote in past elections is that the number of Hispanics who are eligible to vote is often much higher than the number who actually turn out at the polls.In an effort to get out the Latino vote across the country, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials has set up a non-partisan voter information hotline in Los Angeles.  People from around the United States can call a special toll-free number and ask questions - in English or Spanish - about matters such as where to register, where to vote and where to get more information on the candidates.Eric Wagner"The goal here is to help the Latino electorate get the information they need in order to participate on election day," says Eric Wagner, the association's spokesman.  He says the Hispanic vote this year will likely exceed nine percent - up from around 8.5 percent four years ago.  He says the influence of Hispanic voters in this year's presidential election will be especially evident in key, closely contested states."We know that the Latino vote will make the difference in those swing states, particularly in the West, whether in New Mexico, Colorado, Florida," Wagner says. "We know that the Latino vote will decide the election in those key swing states that have traditionally been close, where we have seen a huge spike in the number of registered Latino voters."Political experts are closely monitoring the impact of Hispanic voters this year, knowing that the rapid growth of the Hispanic population could increase the political influence of this ethnic group even more in future elections.  


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Pro-Democracy Activist Wins Presidential Election in Maldives, Defeating Asia's Longest-Serving Leader

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Mohamed Nasheed promises to usher in more political freedom and root out corruption, which critics say was rampant under President Gayoom
In Maldives, a political activist who spent years in prison has won the country's first democratic presidential election.  Mohamed Nasheed has defeated President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who led the country for three decades, but was widely criticized for ruling like a dictator.  Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi.Mohamed Nasheed addresses media in Male, Maldives, 29 Oct 2008 Thousands of jubilant supporters of Mohamed Nasheed danced and cheered in the streets in Male, Wednesday, after the Election Commission pronounced him the victor of the runoff election.Mohamed Nasheed ran as head of the Maldivian Democratic Party.  He won about 54 percent of the vote, while President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom got nearly 46 percent.  The runoff election was held after no candidate could get 50 percent of the vote in the first presidential poll, held earlier this month.  President Gayoom, who has ruled the chain of islands in the Indian Ocean for 30 years, has promised a peaceful transition.  He had won six previous elections in the country as the only candidate and has been criticized for ruling like a dictator and suppressing his opponents.In 2004, growing street protests and international pressure forced President Gayoom to allow some democratic reforms and paved the way for this month's multiparty election.At forefront of the campaign for greater democracy was Mohamed Nasheed.  He had been jailed several times on what human rights groups say are trumped up charges.A South Asia analyst, S.D. Muni, says Nasheed's victory will strengthen the movement toward democracy in several small South Asian nations.            "This is important, looking at the democratization drive in South Asia.  You have Nepal changing.  You have Bhutan changing.  Now you have Maldives also changing.  So, it is strengthening the democratic trend in South Asia," said Muni.            Nasheed has promised to usher in more political freedom and root out corruption, which critics say is rampant under President Gayoom. He is also promising more broad-based governance, and an administration which will improve conditions for the average citizen.   Professor Muni says the new government will try to change a system in which President Gayoom's friends and relatives control most of the powerful posts in the country."Almost all the opposition parties seem to have come together under Nasheed Anni's support, and that would broaden up the governance and political system, with greater emphasis on not only democratization, but also on development and more of administrative efficiency," he said.             The Maldives is a chain of about 1200 low-lying islands, which has emerged as a top tourist destination in Asia.  Gayoom has won praise for building a vibrant economy, with the highest per capita income in South Asia.  But poverty persists in the country of 350,000 people, most of whom are Sunni Muslims.


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Zimbabwe Local Councils Seated, Despite Cabinet Dispute

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But delay in agreeing on cabinet portfolios impacts negatively on Harare City Council's planning
The March 29 general election saw Zimbabweans choosing a president, members of the two houses of parliament and local councilors.  But unlike the national government, still to be formed due to the deadlock over the allocation of vital cabinet portfolios to the ruling party and the opposition, local councils are busy at work.  Tendai Maphosa has more in this report from Harare.While the presidential election was inconclusive and the lower house election produced a hung parliament, the local government poll handed most of the main urban centers to the opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai.  MDC candidates were chosen in all but one of Harare's 46 wards. The last time the MDC controlled the city was after the 2002 presidential elections.  The then MDC mayor and his council were dismissed by the government.A government-appointed commission was running Harare until the current councilors were sworn in on July 1.  They have reported no serious problems working with the Zanu-PF local government minister.But the delay in agreeing on cabinet portfolios is impacting negatively on the Harare City Council's planning.  VOA spoke to Harare's deputy mayor Emmanuel Chiroto at his City Hall office."At all levels people are rather hesitant to make decisions," he said.  "We are having our committee meetings, we are making resolutions, but all these need financial support to sustain whatever plans we have and we cannot get it when the situation is like this.  We need a government like yesterday so as to alleviate the suffering of the people of this country."But things have not been as smooth for some councils.  Chiroto says his party controls the majority of councils across Zimbabwe and that does not appear to be sitting well with the Zanu-PF. The local government minister is allowed by law to appoint a quarter of the total number of councilors in a given council as special interest representatives.  Some councils have been complaining that the minister is appointing losing Zanu-PF candidates to councils.  In some cases, they say, these appointments actually overturn MDC majorities.  Chiroto says the local minister has not tried to tamper with the Harare city council because of the MDC's overwhelming majority at City Hall."It did not happen in Harare, we never have those that actually lost the elections being appointed," he said. "I was going to find it very difficult to be working with the person that I defeated in Hatcliffe now coming here as an appointed councilor.  In the rural areas these [appointed] councilors do have voting powers.  They can actually change certain decisions that elected officials will have made." But at the moment, Chiroto - like other Zimbabweans - is hoping the appointment of a new power-sharing government as agreed by the opposing parties last month, will at least bring about some clarity and an improvement for Zimbabweans.    

 


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US, South Korean Troops Plan to Rehearse Massive Amphibious Landing 

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Exercise focusing on simulated marine landing, comes at time when North Korea has sharpened its rhetoric against South
U.S. and South Korean military officials confirm the two allied nations are planning a major military drill, expected to begin this week.  The exercise focuses on a simulated marine landing and comes at a time when North Korea has sharpened its rhetoric against the South. VOA Seoul Correspondent Kurt Achin reports.South Korean AH-1S Cobra helicopter takes off during a drill at an army firing range in Yangpyeong, 28 Oct 2008South Korea's Marine Corps released an official statement Wednesday, confirming the country's forces will cooperate with the United States in a joint military drill, starting Thursday and continuing through to November 8.Dave Palmer, a spokesman for U.S. Forces in Korea, says it will involve about 10,000 personnel - mainly Marines.            "It's just an amphibious landing, I mean it's that rehearsal of all the elements it takes to pull that off," he said.North and South Korea remain technically at war.  The North invaded the South in 1950.  Months later, U.S. Marines staged their historic amphibious landing at Korea's port city, Incheon.  The operation succeeded, despite unfavorable conditions.  It became the first of many amphibious landings that drove North Korean forces back to the North-South border outlined in a 1953 armistice.  The United States stations about 28,000 forces in South Korea and has vowed to supply many more in the event of another North Korean attack.Wednesday's South Korean Marine statement says this month's amphibious drill will involve 27 naval ships, more than 30 helicopters and about 70 other amphibious landing vehicles.  About 2,000 U.S. Marines are being brought to South Korea from bases in Okinawa, Japan, to work side by side with nearly 8,000 South Korean counterparts in the drill.  It is to be centered near South Korea's port city, Pohang, and will include practice crossings of a large South Korean river.For decades, North Korea has denounced joint South Korean-American military exercises as a rehearsal for aggression against the North.  Palmer, the U.S. spokesman, says the upcoming exercise is routine."It's not done in any provocative manner of any means.  It's just training.  Everybody's notified.  It's just part of our normal cycle," he said.            This exercise comes at a sensitive time in inter-Korean relations.  On Tuesday, North Korea threatened to turn the South into "debris" in reprisal for leaflets launched into the North by private groups.  Also Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Aso Taro said North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was probably hospitalized and not in very good condition.  The North Korean leader's health is a serious security issue because no one is sure if the North's authoritarian system can hold together without him.  


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Indonesia Steps Up Security Ahead of Bali Bombers Execution

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Followers of Amrozi Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra, and Ali Ghufron, also known as Muhklas, vow to launch revenge attacks after executions take place
Police say they have beefed up security at vital sites, including a fuel refinery, and are checking vehicles and setting up road blocks to ensure the execution of the three men convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings is not disturbed. Bali Bombers from left, Imam Samudra, Ali Ghufron and Amrozi Nurhasyim (2007 file photo)Followers of Amrozi Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra, and Ali Ghufron, who is also known as Muhklas, have vowed to launch revenge attacks after the executions take place. The men, all members of the regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, were sentenced to death five years ago for planning and carrying out the bombings on the resort island of Bali that claimed the lives of 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. Sidney Jones, a terrorism expert at the International Crisis Group in Jakarta, says she does not believe the Jemaah Islamiyah organization or any break away cells have the capabilities of staging another major terrorist attack."I think Noordin Mohammad Top, who esteems Muklas very, very much, would probably like to do something in retaliation, but I really don't think that any of the groups in Indonesia now have the capacity to pull off a major attack in retaliation - though I think we're more likely to see some acts of emotional mob violence at the time the bodies are buried," she said. Malaysian fugitive Noordin Mohammad Top is thought to be the mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings and the authorities believe he may be hiding somewhere in Indonesia.The Indonesian government has arrested over 300 Islamic militants linked to Jemaah Islamiyah over the past few years, effectively shattering the terrorist group.But Jones says while the terrorist organization may be down, it is now looking to rebuild, especially through the younger generation. "I would say right now JI isn't interested in bombing and is only interested in rebuilding the organization so that if there's a threat of violence it's not likely to come from JI as an organization. But it's not a spent force because we've got about 40 schools run by JI with JI children -" that is children of JI members now in their teens - are learning some of the same ideological precepts that their parents learned," said Jones.Indonesia is a secular democratic nation with the world's largest population of Muslims. The vast majority practice a tolerant, moderate form of the faith.     


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Bad Weather Forces Postponement of World Series Game 5 Again

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Heavy rain, high winds cause further 24 hour delay; game now set for Wednesday evening in Philadelphia
 Heavy rain forced the suspension of Game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia, Monday night.  And, with bad weather remaining in the area, Major League Baseball officials decided they will not try to resume play until Wednesday night (8:37 p.m. ET).  VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer has more from Philadelphia.A person walks in front of a closed Citizens Bank Park with an umbrella in the rain, 28 Oct 2008When the host Philadelphia Phillies grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning of Game 5, Monday night, their fans sensed they could be on the verge of winning their first World Series title since 1980.After all, they led the best-of-seven series over the Tampa Bay Rays, three games to one, and had their best pitcher on the mound, Cole Hamels.  Hamels had won all four of his previous starts in this post-season.But heavy rain and high winds arrived in the third inning.  Tampa scored one run in the fourth inning and another in the sixth to tie the score.  At that point, with heavy rain continuing to fall and no let-up predicted by weather forecasters, officials declared the field unplayable.The game was stopped and, within 30 minutes, it was suspended until Tuesday night.  But the rain and gusting winds did not let up through Tuesday afternoon, so the conclusion of the Game 5 was postponed again by 24 hours, until Wednesday night (8:37 p.m).Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said they just have not been lucky with the conditions, which he indicated can vary greatly and be unpredictable this time of year."It's tricky," he said.  I know that many second guess [on decisions affecting play], and I understand that.  But the thing that's been so difficult is that the weather, it just keeps changing.   But obviously we're very sensitive to that, and we'll bend over backwards to be sensitive to the Phillies fans who have been tremendous."Phillies General Manager Pat Gillick said all those involved in the decisions were in agreement.  "Unfortunately, those things happen," he said. "So we'll just have to go on from here and go get them whenever we play."Joe Maddon talks to reporters, 28 Oct 2008Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon shared the same outlook."It's just the way it is.  There's no crying about it," Maddon said.  "And, I'm not really one to point fingers.  I've never been that person.  I'm not going to do it now."Maddon's Rays will be in the field when Game Five resumes, with the Phillies batting in the bottom of the sixth inning.   The team that wins will be the one that gets the best performance from its relief pitchers.With his team having tied the game at 2-2 before the suspension, Maddon said that could give his team momentum."Us coming back like we did and sitting on it for a day or two possibly could weigh in our favor a little bit," he said.   "I'm not sure yet.  But I think the most important part of it is that both bullpens are rested, and there's no telling what's going to happen at this point."While the Phillies will try to win the World Series before their home fans, the Rays hope to take Game 5 to send the teams back to their home stadium in Florida for a Game 6.


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Young American Activist Helps to Build Safe Soccer Pitches for Children

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Love.futbol co-founder Drew Chafetz, says his organization has built three pitches in Guatemala already, with plans for more
The image has been highly romanticized: children in developing countries playing the "beautiful game," soccer, barefoot in the streets. Drew Chafetz has seen, and played with, such children and seen the conditions many face:  broken glass, shards of metal and trash. In the latest installment of our Making a Difference series, VOA's Brian Allen will show you what Chafetz and his organization, love.futbol, are doing to help young soccer lovers.Youth activist Drew Chafetz works to help make safe places for kids to play footballIt is an average Friday morning for Washington, DC native Drew Chafetz. On his laptop, the 25-year-old college graduate is logged on and plugged in, chatting with people across the world over the Internet. He is one of the co-founders of love.futbol, a non-profit organization which solves a problem he saw while traveling in Morocco."I came across children playing in a back alley in a tiny village in the middle of absolutely nowhere, and this is an extremely common sight. I would often play soccer -- I still do -- whenever I'm in another country," Chafetz recalled. 

"But these children were playing in this narrow alleyway, which was fine except there was this canal running through the middle of their pitch [soccer playing surface], and I was watching these kids jumping back and forth across the canal and chipping the ball back and forth across the canal," Chafetz said.  "They all had beautiful smiles on their faces."Kids chase the football on a love.futbol field So, Chafetz started love.futbol, which makes safe soccer pitches for children to play on. With the help of the local communities, the group has built three of these safe, cement courts in Guatemala and promises more."Guatemala is our pilot country, Chafetz said. "Everything we are doing is to the end that we can scale this. We are developing a model that can be replicated easily."Love.futbol is funded by donations, but Chafetz is currently seeking both federal and corporate sponsorships. He says he hopes to build in other Central and South American countries, "Being well-established in Brazil before the 2014 World Cup is a major goal of ours, that's a country that we know we want to be in, it's the heart and soul of soccer," Chafetz said.Love.futbol co-founder Drew Chafetz tests his skillsWhile most Americans at his age are starting down career paths that will lead to high-paying salaries one day, Chafetz says he would rather work to make a difference in the lives of children.

"On a personal level, it's extremely gratifying, I don't ever sit down at my computer about to start my work day and resent a second of it," he said. "It's wonderful to my brain, heart, and soul."An achievement this young man measures not in money, but in the smiles of children.


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