This bread is better. I encourage every American to look through the notables with a discerning eye.
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The George Clooney-led telethon “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,” raised more than $57 million in 24 hours, according to a statement from the producers. That preliminary total did not include donations from corporations or large private donations. A recording of the event, which featured performances by Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder, among others, was the No. 1 iTunes album in 18 countries on Saturday. … Another musical benefit for Haiti is in the works, this one led by the pianist Lang Lang, a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, and the conductor Christoph Eschenbach. They announced plans for a concert at Carnegie Hall on March 21 to benefit Unicef and its effort to help children who survived the earthquake. The Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, made up of musicians under the age of 27, will provide accompaniment.
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Over the last three decades, Douglas Grimes, the founder of Mir, a tour company, has built a business around his ability to gain access to destinations that are difficult to reach, and this year he adds North Korea to the list, offering an 11-day tour making stops in Nampo and Pyongyang, as well as Kaesong, in the demilitarized zone.
Mir will also offer a new private train tour from Europe to Iran in October. The inaugural 15-day journey through five countries on the Golden Eagle Danube Express, called “The Jewels of Persia” tour, begins in Budapest, with stops in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Iran, where passengers can tour eight Unesco World Heritage sites, including the ruins of Persepolis (from $12,995).
“Our trips are all about enlightenment, ” Annie Lucas, Mir’s vice president, said in an email. “We cater to the more well-traveled, to people who want to see a place for themselves and make up their own minds,” she said, adding that many who had relatives who had fought in the Korean War or grew up hearing stories about Korea might be excited to see the place “they never thought they’d be able to go to in their lifetimes.”
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