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Archive for April 4th, 2009

By NBC News’ Sonia Narang
NEW YORK – Though it’s a long way from the subways of New York City to the foothills of the Himalayan mountains, a group of teenage refugees from Nepal are trying to adjust to a new life in the U.S.
They recently moved to this country with their families from refugee camps [...]

04 Apr, 2009

Hungary on the ‘brink of ruin’

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Reporter’s NotebookBy Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent
BUDAPEST – If anyone wonders how bad the economic crisis is in Europe, consider this: While shooting a story in Budapest, last week we parked our vehicle on a street in a part of town that has fallen on hard times.
Our translator, Andras Krucsai, suggested we not stray [...]