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Global stocks mixed after Wall Street's long weekend
BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors looked ahead to minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest meeting and Wall Street prepared to reopen after a three-day weekend.
First-Grade Teacher Suspended Over 'Illegal Aliens' Post: School District
The elementary school teacher advocated reporting undocumented immigrants, according to school district officials, who suspended her.
Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism
![Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism]( "Ski resort razed by the Taliban lifts Pakistan's domestic tourism")
By Drazen Jorgic MALAM JABBA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Atop the piste of Malam Jabba in Pakistan's once dangerous Swat Valley skiers schuss downhill, a new Chinese-built chairlift ferries tourists to the peak, and a luxury hotel is under construction to replace one torched by the Taliban. The Taliban declared skiing "un-Islamic" during their 2007-2009 reign of terror over Swat, but improved security in recent years has allowed ski tourism to re-emerge on Malam Jabba, a hill station in the Hindu Kush mountain range. Locals tout Swat as "the Switzerland of Pakistan", with an international ski tournament held there in January.
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