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- Our battle today is the same as that initiated on the 26 th of July (Granma Internacional)
• Speech given by General of the Army Raúl Castro Ruz, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, at the central event commemorating the 55th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Garrisons, at the 26 th of July Ciudad Escolar, Santiago de Cuba, July 26, 2008. "Year 50 of the Revolution."
- Tens of thousands attend funeral for Darwish - Lebanon Daily Star
RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for the state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmoud Darwish, the towering Arab poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle. Darwish, considered the national poet of the ...
- Jazz Students Lend Helping Hands in New Orleans (All About Jazz)
We begin with a heartwarming story courtesy of the July 27-August 2, 2008 issue of American Profile magazine headlined “Hometown Heroes: Jazzing Up the Big Easy.†It's a moving account of how students at New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL, led by music director Jim Warrick, spent their spring break not on the beaches in Florida but in the heart of storm-ravaged New Orleans spreading music, ...
- Honest Engines are full steam ahead - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
According to Honest Engines' official creed (i.e. their online band bio); Marcus Maloney is the group's "final and youngest addition," the guitarist who capped off the outfit's still-blooming quintet with jazz-aficionado style. Over the phone ...
- A twisting career path (The News Journal)
Kay Ryan's appointment as the nation's new poet laureate, announced Thursday by Librarian of Congress James Billington, will cap one of the most unusual careers in American letters.
- You Must Read This - NPR News
Siri Hustvedt is the author of a book of poetry, two books of essays and four novels, most recently, The Sorrows of an American. She has been known to sing in her sleep, loudly. Her last known somnambulant outburst was a raucous rendition of the Mary ...
- Former poet laureate - All Around Philly
Former poet laureateAll Around Philly, PA - 2 hours agoAs laureate, he spearheaded the Poetry 180 program to have high school students read a poem a day, and through his own accessible and engaging poetry, ...
- R&B star Ne-Yo flaunts his gentlemanly style - USA Today
NEW YORK — Shaffer Smith, the artist currently known as Ne-Yo, was born late — about 50 years late, he figures. "I always refer back to the days of the Rat Pack, because that's when I should have been around," Ne-Yo says, a little wistfully. "I ...
- Arts around the Mid-coast; July 24, 2008 (The Times Record)
Quilting show AUGUSTA — The Pine Tres Quilters Guild will hold their annual Maine Quilt Show on Friday-Sunday at the Augusta Civic Center . Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
- Christopher Hart's top 10 erotica books - guardian.co.uk
Christopher Hart's top 10 erotica booksguardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour agoHe was also Judah's greatest love-machine, had a thousand wives and concubines, and wrote some of the best love poetry of all time (or, if you must be ...
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing the real ...
- Spreading the words - Age
SOME professions are easier to justify to your parents than others. Lawyer? Yes. Doctor? Yes. Porn star? Not so much. Unless your folks are the open-minded kind who gave a thumbs up to you sitting for Bill Henson. One of the hardest sells would have ...
- 'The Steam Experiment' makes for memorable night in Press offices - Grand Rapids Press
Press Photo/Katy Batdorff Actor Val Kilmer delivers his lines in the lobby of The Grand Rapids Press' downtown offices on Sunday night while filming "The Steam Experiment." GRAND RAPIDS -- Val Kilmer is delivering his lines in the lobby of The Grand ...
- The Turbans (Pugrees) of Pakistan - All Things Pakistan
All Things PakistanThe Turbans (Pugrees) of PakistanAll Things Pakistan, Pakistan - 19 minutes agoMast Qalandar dabbles in everything - history, culture, education, poetry, armchair politics and, when sufficiently provoked, religion. ...
- At War With Whom? - Middle East Forum
At War With Whom?Middle East Forum, PA - Sep 22, 2008With the exception of battling Christian Crusaders, most Muslims had little to do with the West. In fact, Ottoman Turkey, the dominant Islamic power in the ...
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