International Music Roundup: Asha Bhosle, Anoushka Shankar, Oscar D’Leon and More

Wow, it’s another weekend packed with international music events. Here are some highlights. Asha Bhosle and Sudesh Bhosle with R.D Burman’s band at DAR Constitution Hall , 1776 D. St. NW . You’ve heard Cornershop ’s “Brimful of Asha”—now hear Asha. (202) 628-4780. $37-$127.

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A taste of the exotic attracts visitors to mini festival

FINE wine and a taste of Haitian cooking were among the things attracting hundreds of people to a Radlett farm today (Saturday) for a miniature festival in aid of Unicef.

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Interfaith ensemble to perform

Hebrew cantorial prayers, Christian choral music, Sufi poetry, the Quran sung in Arabic and Ginan devotionals — South Asian hymns of the Ismaili Muslim sect — are rarely heard in a single setting.

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Rival schools bond to help rebuild Haiti

Kaley Shannon first saw the devastation in Haiti while watching the 5 o’clock news with her father.

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Shelter problems loom largest for Haiti: commander

The commander of a Canadian military destroyer that was dispatched to Haiti in the wake of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake says a shortage of livable homes is the biggest hurdle facing Haitians desperate to overcome the disaster.

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Team carries hope to Haiti

WENATCHEE — A group of 31 Wenatchee doctors, nurses and aides are in Haiti this weekend, offering skilled help for an impoverished people who were hit by the massive earthquake Jan. 12. Doctors in the group who offered similar help before say it’s an opportunity to help people in need in a simple, direct way. The payback, they add, is a strong reaffirmation of those things that led …

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Copter crash kills 4 in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A Spanish military helicopter crashed in rugged terrain Friday, killing the four soldiers on board, the United Nations said.

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Spanish helicopter crashes in Haiti, 4 killed

Four soldiers died in the fiery crash of a Spanish military helicopter Friday in the rugged mountains of eastern Haiti, the United Nations said.

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Haiti denies charges dropped against American missionaries

Haiti’s top prosecutor on Friday denied reports that charges have been dropped against nine of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children after a devastating earthquake hit the nation in January.

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Four dead in Spanish helicopter crash in Haiti: UN

Four Spanish soldiers were killed Friday when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous area near Haiti’s border with the Dominican Republic, the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti said.

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