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By Vanessa BuschschlterBBC News More than 200 people have been killed in gang violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in the space of 10 days, United Nations figures reveal. Almost half of those who died were residents without ties to the gangs which are fighting for control of the Cit Soleil neighbourhood, the UN says.

Eight young workers were killed in Mexico after they apparently tried to quit their jobs at a call centre operated by a violent drug cartel that targeted Americans in a real estate scam. The workers, all in their early 20s, were reported missing by their families after they failed to return home from work on

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Printer-friendly Version Shirley Young Bio Shirley Young is President of Shirley Young Associates, LLC, a business advisory company for companies interested in business development in the China market. She also serves as senior adviser to General Motors-Asia Pacific. From 1988 until December 31, 1999, she served as corporate Vice President of General Motors Corp involved

In this personal essay, author and pediatrician Mark Vonnegut draws parallels to Brian Wilson and challenges the stigmas of mental illness. He reflects on the thorny label of creative genius that was assigned to both Wilson and his own father, author Kurt Vonnegut.