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- Defiant Musharraf stands down, an ally of the West but reviled by many ... - Newsday
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) _ Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistani president who took power in a high-altitude coup and later dragged a reluctant Islamic nation into the U.S.-led war on terror, submitted his resignation Monday after a turbulent nine years in ...
- A journalist takes a long road to fiction - Miami Herald
A portrait of Fabiola Santiago that appears on the back jacket of her book, Reclaiming Paris. In the fall of 1994, I traveled to Guantánamo for The Miami Herald to report on the tent-city camps erected by the U.S. government to house and detain ...
- Connor Ramey: Soccer's global stranglehold (Orion)
Soccer is boring. There's no hitting or loud noises, aside from the broadcasters. And the players are scared babies. These are just a few excuses people give to justify their hatred of soccer, and I'll be honest, I used to be one of them. For about 10 years, I hated soccer.
- Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, Meet in Egypt - Wall Street Journal
The ancients ranked the Lighthouse of Alexandria, a 400-foot tower of stone, as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Just down the road, they overlooked a library that, beginning in the third century B.C., represented the greatest storehouse of ...
- ‘Persian poet Hafiz Zahoor preached peace’ - The News International
‘Persian poet Hafiz Zahoor preached peace’The News International, Pakistan - 7 hours agoHe said that the collection of his poetry was among one of the most prominent collections in the world. “His poetry preaches the message of peace, ...
- 20th Century Decorative Arts at Bonhams & Butterfields (Art Daily)
Paul Tuttle, 'Flexible X' aluminum, stainless steel and wood console table, circa 1983. produced by Specialty Welding, Santa Barbara, CA. Est. $2,000-3,000. Courtesy of Bonhams & Butterfields.
- The sensitive side of Harper - Edmonton Sun
The sensitive side of HarperEdmonton Sun, Canada - 58 minutes ago... sympathetic side, Harper aides have distributed pictures of him at the piano and he has discussed his previously unknown passion for writing poetry. ...
- Children as Teachers by Loba and Jesse Wolf Hardin - vision magazine
vision magazineChildren as Teachers by Loba and Jesse Wolf Hardinvision magazine, CA - 3 hours agoShe reads at a 7th grade level, types on the computer, and writes long stories, letters, and poetry. She also harvests many native plants for medicinal and ...
- Hundreds mourn at seven-year-old Toronto girl's funeral - Canada.com
Canada.comHundreds mourn at seven-year-old Toronto girl's funeralCanada.com, Canada - Aug 12, 2008It's very sad." Katelynn had been living with Irving since May 2007. Katelynn's lifeless body was found on Aug. 3. The girl's legal guardian, Donna Irving, ...
- Fall foreword, or the big books of autumn - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Book-clubbers will tell you that their best attendance invariably comes in the fall. The reason, I think, is that echo, like an old circadian rhythm, we carry from our school days. It nudges us to place a short stack of good books on the nightstand ...
- Grieving family of murder victim kept investigation alive (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The family of Reyes Cruz refused to let the men responsible for his death get away with murder. In the days after his...
- The Man Who Put Color Back in Saudi Menswear - Washington Post
Yahya al-Bishri had been a designer of women's fashions, and when he grew tired of the plain, white robes worn by men, he decided to bring change. But the Saudi public was slow to accept his creations. Then the royal family embraced his ideas. (By ...
- Mahmoud Darwish; poet gave voice to Palestinians' plight; 67 - Boston Globe
GAZA CITY - Mahmoud Darwish, a poet whose prose gave voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation, and infighting, died yesterday in Houston. He was 67. The predominant Palestinian poet, whose work has been translated into more than 20 ...
- Best Writers of the Romantic Movement - Examiner.com
Examiner.comBest Writers of the Romantic MovementExaminer.com - 27 minutes agoYet the man also crafted some of the most mesmerizing poetry of the era. Don't miss the poem "She walks in beauty" and his narrative masterpiece Don Juan. ...
- Java franchise shop is on the go (Daily Press)
A growing chain offers up coffee and a full menu, with unique surroundings. At a time major coffee chain Starbucks is closing some of its stores, Daily Grind Unwind, a nationally franchised coffee shop, is certain that lattes and espressos will never go out of style. The company plans to open several new locations in Virginia.
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