NEW YORK， June 18 (Xinhua) -- Flashy and colorful costumes flooded New York's Coney Island Saturday afternoon for the 34 Annual Mermaid Parade， marking the opening of a variety of summer activities in the city.
Thousands of participants in hand-made mermaid costumes， floats and marching bands were featured in the largest art parade in the United States.
The parade was established in 1983， as a celebration of ancient mythology and seaside rituals.
A King Neptune and a Queen Mermaid were crowned to lead the parade each year. In this year's parade， president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Carlo Scissura was named King Neptune and Californian model Hailey Clauson， cover girl of this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue， was crowned Queen Mermaid.
The parade started at 1 p.m. and was expected to attract half a million spectators to the celebration. Enditem
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Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru told journalists in Nairobi that the Cabinet has already approved and forwarded to Parliament for debate the Computer and Cyber Crimes Bill that seeks to increase penalties for cybercrime and related corporate espionage.
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The day long high-level leadership event will deliberate on ways to enhance cyber security for organizations in the financial services sector.
The Bill draws heavily from best practices elsewhere including the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime that was passed by the Council of Europe in 2001.
The forum comes in the wake of last week's unprecedented global cyber attack that affected hundreds of thousands of computers.
Mucheru said that Kenya has so far reported one case of cyber attack but the institution affected has since restored their computer systems.
He noted the government is alert and has been keenly following new developments with a view to ensuring that it does not spread to Kenya's other cyberspace users.
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DHAKA, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Bangladeshi government have signed 200 million U.S. dollars' loan agreements to strengthen urban infrastructure, service delivery and management in Bangladesh's municipalities.
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HONG KONG Cheap Air Max Thea Black White Shoes UK , Sept.19 (Xinhua) -- The Yidan Prize Foundation, dedicated to creating a better world through education, on Tuesday unveiled its inaugural laureates in China's Hong Kong.
The laureates are Professor Carol S. Dweck of Stanford University and Vicky Colbert, founder and director of the educational project "New School". Each will receive 30 million Hong Kong dollars (about 3.87 million U.S. dollars) in recognition of their distinguished contributions to education.
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