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Protect the rights of migrant women (Aliran Online)
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 March 2010: A hundred years after the world recognised the role of women in society, women are still robbed of their rights. On the occasion of the 100th year anniversary of International Women's Day, CARAM Asia calls upon governments in both sending and receiving countries to protect the rights of migrant women who constitute more than half of the migrant population in the world ...

US to take H-1B applications from April 1 (MalaysiaNews.net)
The United States will start accepting applications for 65,000 H-1B visas for skilled professionals coveted by Indian techies for fiscal 2011 from April 1.

W.Va. Girls' State Tournament Underway at Charleston Civic Center; Game Results (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia)
March Madness continues Wednesday at the Charleston Civic Center with the Girls' State Tournament.

Complete Count Committee works to reach "hard to count" citizens (FOX 6 Milwaukee)
The City of Milwaukee created the "Complete Count Committee" about a year ago, and it's members have been on a public relations campaign ever since. Their aim is to increase awareness about the importance of the US Census. It's a form you see only once every ten years, and it should arrive starting next week.

ISB finds its edge (Business Standard India)
Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business is focusing on building emerging market competencies to differentiate from others.

Class notes (San Mateo Daily Journal)
While most students spend their spring breaks visiting family, hanging out with friends or maybe even catching up on school work, 16 Notre Dame de Namur University students will be spending theirs beginning Monday, March 8 in Salinas, Calif.,

Spring Breakers Head To Immokalee To Help Out (CBS4 Miami)
While it may not rival Daytona Beach, Panama City Beach or Key West, a tiny Florida town has become a spring break hot spot this year for nearly a dozen college students.  Students from schools in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland and New York have made their way to Immokalee to spend their break combining service work with education about the way farm workers live.

Chinese factory workers cash in sweat for prosperity (The Oregonian)
Market forces, not sweatshop activism, have improved labor conditions as migrants who make Nike and Columbia gear return home to buy houses and start their own businesses.

Why being counted matters to women (Centre Daily Times)
Editor’s note: First of a series of occasional columns on the census. By Sangita Na

Chinese premier wants to put wealth into hands of people (MalaysiaNews.net)
Premier Wen Jiabao of China has told parliament the country must reverse its widening income gap between rich and poor.