| From ‘Full House’ to Afghanistan: an American teaches street children music Posted: 29 Jun 2017 01:13 PM PDT ![From 'Full House' to Afghanistan: an American teaches street children music]( "From 'Full House' to Afghanistan: an American teaches street children music") The unlikely group in August included Afghan children younger than 14, two older Afghan men, and a slightly older US man with long curly hair, a golf cap, and a guitar. A little loud and a little out of sync with each other, the young members of the Miraculous Love Kids and their American teacher, Lanny Cordola, were performing the song "Don't Panic" by the British rock band Coldplay. Not that anyone present in their audience of older Afghan gentlemen and a few women knew what it was – until a few children sang part of the lyrics in Dari, one of Afghanistan's national languages.
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| Europe's Muslims start to grapple with touchy issue: Islamic terrorism as a community problem Posted: 29 Jun 2017 12:38 PM PDT ![Europe's Muslims start to grapple with touchy issue: Islamic terrorism as a community problem]( "Europe's Muslims start to grapple with touchy issue: Islamic terrorism as a community problem") When 200 British Muslim imams declared earlier this month that they would refuse to say funeral prayers for the perpetrators of the recent terrorist attack near London Bridge, their statement marked a striking and unprecedented rejection of terrorism. "We don't take this matter very lightly," says Qari Asim, an imam in the northern city of Leeds who signed the declaration. "But … we believe that the terrorists should not be accepted in our community, [either] in life or in death.
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| Women take southern India's drought into their own hands – one shovel at a time Posted: 29 Jun 2017 10:28 AM PDT ![Women take southern India's drought into their own hands – one shovel at a time]( "Women take southern India's drought into their own hands – one shovel at a time") Recommended: How well do you know India? Three thousand women are enrolled in the effort to revive lakes, ponds, and irrigation tanks in 31 villages across the district – crucial work in a region facing drought for the third year in a row, the worst in decades. India relies on two monsoons: the southwestern and the northeastern.
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| A ‘secret sauce’ for youths? Posted: 29 Jun 2017 09:49 AM PDT ![A 'secret sauce' for youths?]( "A 'secret sauce' for youths?") Good news: If young Americans follow a simple three-step formula they can greatly increase their chances of living the American dream as adults. The "success sequence" argues that if youths do three things – graduate from high school, get a job, and wait until after marriage to have children – their chances of financial success will grow by leaps and bounds. The concept received a boost from a recent study by the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies, which concentrated on Step 3 of the formula: a marriage before a baby carriage.
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