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Quake-hit Nepalis need information, not just food and water

May 1, 2015 creative billion-off-its, food-rations, from-others, its-website, kathmandu, linked, other-place, person, place, same-challenges, thomson-reuters

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – There is probably no other place in the world right now where information – from the fate of your family members to where to get food and water – is more desperately needed than in the Nepal, devastated by a powerful earthquake six days ago. The 7.8 magnitude quake brought down thousands of buildings in the densely-populated Kathmandu Valley, which includes the capital, severely damaged telecommunications, tore apart roads and snapped bridges.

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No meetings at tourist hotspots, China reminds officials

May 1, 2015 creative bali-since, china, chinese, country, government, hawaii, labour, linked, other-place, posted-pictures, president, step-on-friday, thomson-reuters

China’s top graft buster took the unusual step on Friday of plastering its website with pictures of 21 top Chinese tourist sites where officials are banned from holding meetings, a reminder of its crackdown on extravagance and corruption. As the country marked the Labour Day holiday, the party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection’s normally quite staid website posted pictures of the 21 no-go zones under the caption: “Though these sites are good, just don’t meet there!” The sites include the Badaling sector of the Great Wall outside of Beijing, the old summer residence of the Qing emperors at Chengde and the beach resort of Sanya, which China likes to style its answer to Hawaii or Bali.