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Have you noticed the growing number of people wearing rubber bracelets? The silicone wristband first gained popularity when children, teens and adults all began wearing rubber bracelets with the words "What Would Jesus Do?" or simply "WWJD." Since then, these bracelets have gained even more popularity. In fact, these custom bracelets have become a great option for marketing a business, spreading messages and promoting causes or charities.What are Rubber Bracelets?Rubber bracelets are quite simple in design. In fact, they only measure about ½ inch wide and almost look like an oversized rubber band. Nonetheless, this simple silicone wristband has caught on among nearly every age group and makes for a great souvenir, prize or promotional item.As the popularity of these custom bracelets has grown, so have the options for colors and designs. In fact, these rubber bracelets can be purchased in all of the following designs:• Embossed - a bracelet with raised lettering• Deb...

OAXACA (MEXICO): At least 17 people died when a bus overturned on a road in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca today, a local public security official said. "Up to now, 17 bodies were counted and five people were taken to hospital," said Javier Rueda, the state secretary of public security, adding that the bus appeared to have driven off the road due to a technical fault. The accident happened at 10:30 am (2200 IST) on a road near the town of Santa Lucia Miahuatlan, some 130 kilometres from the state capital, Oaxaca, Rueda said.

PETION-VILLE, Haiti: About 50 schoolchildren and teachers were killed when a shantytown grade school packed with hundreds of students collapsed during classes Friday, a government official said.The three-story La Promesse (The Promise) school in Petion-ville, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, caved in in a heap of cement slabs and twisted steel rods at about 10:00 am (1500 GMT) Friday, trapping scores inside. By late in the day at around 50 bodies, most of them children, had been found, officials said. "We have counted about 50 dead for the moment, and around 85 injured," said Nadia Lochard of the civil protection bureau. "But there are still numerous children stuck in the rubble. We have signs that they are still alive and we are organizing help to try to save them," she said. Lochard said that French fire crews from Guadaloupe were to arrive overnight Friday to help in the rescue. Earlier an AFP count put the toll at 40, including 30 bodies sent to the Haiti Sta...