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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUMQyECTFOlC4DRpPgFkx-wnmomH5nbBKLqwIIyHvNypOIColluUVwTY1H_zl6YeCAIHKmQy0BG41VcrnTNsItaVroBD66Va-jRErmxH-3ghlenOr2-6UD5OUXknWrR92QP1XVjmEiU4/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHUMQyECTFOlC4DRpPgFkx-wnmomH5nbBKLqwIIyHvNypOIColluUVwTY1H_zl6YeCAIHKmQy0BG41VcrnTNsItaVroBD66Va-jRErmxH-3ghlenOr2-6UD5OUXknWrR92QP1XVjmEiU4/"></a><br></p><h1 class="amp-wp-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.625em; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); flex: 1 0 100%; width: 288px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>President Donald J.Trump Approves US Embassy Scholarship For International Students – 3rd Class and Above</i></span></h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Courtesy : Edungn</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">By: Driftxposa</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The President of the United States, Donald Trump, yesterday approved the US Embassy Scholarship for International students, knowing the fact that there are many determined and talented, low-income students around the world, who only require financial resources and access to information to better their educational future. For some years now, the United States Embassy, US seeks to identify academically qualified and highly motivated, low-income students around the world to join the Education in USA.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The United States Embassy is encouraging young leaders to apply for the 2018 US Embassy Scholarship, which opened from October 3 to November 10, 2017.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A statement issued by the Public Affairs Unit of the U.S Embassy on Thursday, said the application for the Scholarship would close at exactly on Friday, November 10, 2017.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The mission is to assist talented and determined, low-income students who are good candidates for financial assistance from U.S. colleges and universities but lack the financial resources to cover the up-front cost of obtaining admission</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The US Embassy will work closely through their representatives with students regularly scheduled meetings and seminars to assist them throughout the application process to secure admission and scholarships to attend colleges and universities in the United States. The cost for application process is sponsored, including registration fees for required standardized examinations and provides free membership to the U.S. Education </p><h3 style="color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Benefits</h3><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; padding: 0px; color: rgb(53, 53, 53); font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li>The University Composition Fee at the appropriate rate*</li><li>A maintenance allowance for a single student ($14,900 for 12 months at the 2017-18 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months)</li><li>One economy single airfare at both the beginning and end of the course</li><li>Inbound visa costs & the cost of the Immigration Health Surcharge</li></ul>

President Donald Trump Approves US Embassy Scholarship For International Students

President Donald J.Trump Approves US Embassy Scholarship For International Students – 3rd Class and AboveCourtesy : EdungnBy: DriftxposaThe President of the United States, Donald Trump, yesterday approved the US Embassy Scholarship for International …

<p><br></p><div class="_169f8dd9" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="ad_bnr_atf_01" class="ad-ad_bnr_atf_01 _405de6b1 eefce4fa _146ce769 _18afb79b _3b5323b0 _494a5ece" data-google-query-id="CIurwpmht9wCFagh0wodF14OAw" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px auto 0px; max-width: 100%; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 20px;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_8663477/CNNi/europe/leaf/bst_0__container__" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0pt none;"><iframe id="google_ads_iframe_8663477/CNNi/europe/leaf/bst_0" title="3rd party ad content" name="google_ads_iframe_8663477/CNNi/europe/leaf/bst_0" width="1" height="2" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" data-integralas-id-59164ab0-ca5b-ec52-7620-6f633b298bd5="" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; vertical-align: bottom;"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="articlePageTop" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class="styles_articleHeadlineContainer__1h2rh _885427b2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding: 12px 16px 24px; margin: 0px auto;"><h1 class="styles_articleHeadline__1sPP_" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 26px; line-height: 32.5px; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px;">Dozens dead as wildfires near Athens fires force people to flee into the ocean</h1><div class="styles_articleHeadlineInfo__HJoYb" data-type="byline-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.625;"><p class="styles_articleByline__m8c2Q" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 8px;">By Elinda Labropoulou, <a href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/profiles/euan-mckirdy" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: all 0.4s ease; text-decoration: none; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 75%, rgb(204, 0, 0) 0px); background-size: 0.125em 0.1875em; background-position: 0px 1.15em;">Euan McKirdy</a> and Chris Liakos, CNN</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><span class="timingText" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Updated at</span> 0720 GMT (1520 HKT) July 24, 2018</p></div></div><div id="" class="ArticleZone" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="ImageCaptionWrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="_6f81a009 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img alt="A house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, on July 23." class="a8a853a8" sizes="(max-width: 327px) 50vw, 100vw" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101004-greece-wildfires-2-medium-plus-169.jpg" srcset="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101004-greece-wildfires-2-medium-plus-169.jpg 307w,//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101004-greece-wildfires-2-large-169.jpg 460w" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 288px; height: 162.281px;"></div></div><div class="_49fb7f0e _53039000  _433c667b" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 12px 0px 20px; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">A house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, on July 23.</div></div></div></div></div><div id="articleBodyContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><div class="_6b329834" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><div id="ArticleZone-ArticleBody" class="ArticleZone" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9  speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Athens (CNN) — </span><span style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box;">At least 49 people have died in the worst wildfires to have hit Greece in over a decade, officials said, with many people trapped by the flames and forced to flee into the sea. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Residents told of horrifying scenes as flames engulfed a seaside village. Some escaped only by running into the sea, chased by the advancing fire. </span><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">More than 100 people have been injured in the blazes, which are burning in three main fronts in the Attica region, including one which is currently out of control near the seaside resort area of Mati. The fires,  close to the capital Athens, are the deadliest to have hit the country since those which burnedthrough the southern peloponnese  penisula in August2007, killing  dozens</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9  speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">"Attica is facing a very difficult night. The combination of intense winds and multiple parallel fronts has created an unprecedented extent and difficulty for firefighters," government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said in a briefing late Monday.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9  speakable" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625;"><div id="articleBodyContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px;"><div class="_6b329834" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 30px; font-size: 18px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><div id="ArticleZone-ArticleBody" class="ArticleZone" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="ImageCaptionWrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="_6f81a009 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img alt="A firefighter reacts as a house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens." class="a8a853a8" sizes="(max-width: 327px) 50vw, 100vw" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101002-greece-wildfires-1-medium-plus-169.jpg" srcset="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101002-greece-wildfires-1-medium-plus-169.jpg 307w,//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101002-greece-wildfires-1-large-169.jpg 460w" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 288px; height: 162.281px;"></div></div><div class="_49fb7f0e _53039000 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 12px 0px 20px; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">A firefighter reacts as a house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens.</div></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">The Attica region, which has a population of around 3.5 million people, is home to the Greek capital Athens, the port of Piraeus and a number of suburban towns.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">The fires forced Prime Minster Alexis Tsipras to fly back early from a state visit to Bosnia. He has urged citizens to forget their property and focus on survival.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">"Everyone should keep their temper and take care to protect the most precious good that is human life," he said.</div><div class="ImageCaptionWrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="_6f81a009 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 0; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><img alt="Greeks skies are reddened above a road block on the road to Kineta, near Athens. " class="a8a853a8" sizes="(max-width: 327px) 50vw, 100vw" src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101005-greece-wildfires-3-medium-plus-169.jpg" srcset="//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101005-greece-wildfires-3-medium-plus-169.jpg 307w,//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180724101005-greece-wildfires-3-large-169.jpg 460w" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 288px; height: 162.281px;"></div></div><div class="_49fb7f0e _53039000 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 12px 0px 20px; line-height: 20px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Greeks skies are reddened above a road block on the road to Kineta, near Athens.</div></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">"Property, all that has a material value, (can be) recreated. Human lives are the ones that cannot come back."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">Mati resident Nana Laganou, told journalists that she had escaped by running into the sea, and that the fire was "lightning fast" and the "first time" she'd encountered something like this.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">"I would have liked to see some (reaction) from the state, but we didn't and we won't and that makes me angry."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">Another Mati resident, Kostas Laganos said that he had also escaped the flames by diving into the ocean. "Thankfully the sea was there and we went into the sea, because the flames were chasing us all the way to the water, it burned our backs and we dove into the water," he said.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">"It reminded me of the eruption (of Vesuvius in 79 AD) at Pompeii, exactly that, and I said my God, we must run to save ourselves, and nothing else. Terrible."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">So far Spain and Cyprus have offered assistance, and Greece has called on other fellow EU members to help battle the blaze.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 " style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: 1.625; font-size: 16px;">Various governments, including the US and the Netherlands, offered sympathy to the beleaguered region.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Dozens dead as wildfires near Athens fires force people to flee into the oceanBy Elinda Labropoulou, Euan McKirdy and Chris Liakos, CNNUpdated at 0720 GMT (1520 HKT) July 24, 2018A house burns during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, on July 23.Athe…