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Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Energy, Environment, Global Governance, Headlines, North America, Poverty & SDGs Enrique Gili* - IPS/IFEJ POWAY, California, Oct 26 2007 (IPS) - Mary Jane Jagodzinzki nervously anticipated the arrival of a busload of building professionals . As it turned out, she needn&#39t have been too concerned. Solara green housing project in Poway, California. Credit: Enrique Gili/IPS" src="http://www.ipsnews.net/Library/solara_final.jpg" alt=" Solara green housing project in Poway, California. Credit: Enrique Gili/IPS" width="200" height="150" /> Solara green housing project in Poway, California. Credit: Enrique Gili/IPS Forty or so camera-toting architects, project managers and contractors arrived en masse in the bedroom community of Poway, north of San Diego, part of a green building tour showcasing a pioneering apartment complex that's saving money and helping the pl...

When American doctor Stephen Yoon thinks of North Korea, he does not think of ballistic missile tests or the threat of nuclear war. He remembers instead a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, who suffered from spastic quadriplegia that made her unable to stand or sit. Five years ago, she went to Yoon's developmental-disability program at Pyongyang Medical University Hospital , where she received treatments from Yoon and his team of local doctors. After almost a year of exercise therapy and some surgeries, she walked out of the hospital on her own. The event was heralded in North Korean state media as a national victory, but it received no notice in the U.S., where few people even know about the roughly 200 Americans like Yoon who work and live under the rule of Kim Jong Un. Carefully monitored by the regime, they have come and gone for years, doing educational, medical or infrastructural work, and sometimes raising families in a nation that has been officially at war with the ...

DECATUR, Ga. - A man wanted on charges of homicide and aggravated assault in Philadelphia has been arrested in Decatur, according to the United States Department of Justice. Derrick Rollins was arrested on Tuesday just before 1 p.m. by U.S. Marshalls. The arrest took place at the Hidden Villas apartments on Panthersville Road. Police say Rollin tried to hide but surrendered to K-9 units after investigators saw him with a female associate at the apartment complex. The arrest was based on information that Rollins had fled to Georgia, and he is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail pending extradition , according to police. Rollins was wanted in relation to a shooting that took place July 29 in the 1700 block of N. 77th street in Philidelphia. Rollins is also a suspect in a Haverford Township homicide which took place the same day in the 2300 block of Haverford Road. Rollins criminal history includes multiple arrests for robbery, firearms and narcotics violations, according...

MONDAY Racine Area Home Schoolers 7-9 p.m., Grace Church, 3626 Highway 31. Call 262-637-4999 for more information. Racine Housing Coalition 1 p.m., City Hall Annex Room 130 , 800 Center St. For more information, call 262-632-5186. Riverport Chorus of Sweet Adelines International Rehearsal, 7-10 p.m., Bristol Grade School , 20121 83rd St. ( Highway 45 1 mile south of Highway 50), Bristol. For more information, call Kathy Froeber , 262-859-2343. Southern Wisconsin Landlords Association 6-8 p.m., Harbor Lite Yacht Club , 559 State St. Members are kept up-to-date on changing federal, state and local laws that impact landlords. The organization is part of the Wisconsin Apartment Association (WAA) which represents landlords throughout Wisconsin to have their voices heard and make an impact on state laws. For more information, call 262-884-8765 or email presidentofswla@gmail.com. TUESDAY Chocolate City Card Club Senior card club, 12:30 p.m., Burlington Senior Center , 201 N. Main St., Burli...