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- Hundreds gather at funeral for Palestinian poet Darwish (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered for the equivalent of a state funeral on Wednesday for Mahmud Darwish, the towering Arabic poet who gave voice to their bitter decades-old struggle.
- U study praises educational value of MySpace, Facebook (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
University of Minnesota researchers say they have discovered educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook.
- The’Don’t Miss’ Summer - Downtown LA Scene
The’Don’t Miss’ SummerDowntown LA Scene, CA - 1 hour agoOn June 26, Downtown’s Aloud series, Venice’s Beyond Baroque and the Los Angeles Poetry Festival present a reading featuring six fresh local voices: J. Mark ...
- Michael Jackson records Burns album (Guardian Unlimited)
David Gest claims to have collaborated with pop star on album setting poet's work to show tunes
- Combative writer had a soft spot for Windsor - Windsor Star
Combative writer had a soft spot for WindsorWindsor Star, Canada - 8 hours agoKnister is regarded as one of the first modern writers in Canada, both for his Imagist poetry and experimentation in his short stories and novels. ...
- Chris Matthews, former supervisor who owned Poet and Patriot pub, dead at 61 (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
SANTA CRUZ -- Chris Matthews, a former county supervisor for the Pajaro Valley who founded the landmark Poet and Patriot Irish Pub, died Saturday after a bout with lung cancer.
- Persian calligraphy: Gentle curves of beauty - PRESS TV
PRESS TVPersian calligraphy: Gentle curves of beautyPRESS TV, Iran - 2 hours agoKnown as the most attractive Persian calligraphy style, Nasta'liq was broadly used in copying romantic and epic Persian poetry and literary manuscripts, ...
- Multimedia Taliban get their message across - San Francisco Chronicle
Multimedia Taliban get their message acrossSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - 3 hours ago... always directly produced by the Taliban - come in the form of songs, religious chants and poetry that appeal to Afghan nationalism and Islamic pride. ...
- Former AP Haiti correspondent Michael Norton dies - FOX News
Michael Norton _ who spent nearly two decades covering Haiti's coups, rebellions and disasters for The Associated Press _ died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 66. Norton chronicled the turmoil that followed former dictator Jean-Claude ...
- Sugar maple is planted for late Clarendon teen (Rutland Herald)
Brightly colored balloons gently rose above the branches of a young sugar maple, one to highlight each of the joyous 19 years of Joseph "Joey" Earle's life. ... - By SARA-MEGAN WALSH Herald Staff
- American Poet and Lyricist Jimmy D. Robinson Unleashes "MIND JUICE" Worldwide (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES----Celebrated American poet and lyricist Jimmy D. Robinson pours out his MIND JUICE on the world-at-large. On August 15, following in the footsteps of Mikhail Gorbachev, Michael Jackson and actor Christopher Lambert, Robinson visited Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
- Casper Calendar for July 30, 2008 - The Casper Star Tribune
Casper Calendar for July 30, 2008The Casper Star Tribune, WY - 3 hours ago4, 7:30 pm, Artcore Music & Poetry with the Fisch Stew at The Jazz Spot. * Aug. 6, 12:15 pm, Bach's Lunch Organ Recital at First United Methodist Church. ...
- Frozen River - Philadelphia Inquirer
Frozen RiverPhiladelphia Inquirer, PA - 2 hours ago... McDermott as Ray's older son, TJ, who serves as a surrogate dad to his kid brother. Like its heroines, every aspect of the film has a homespun poetry. ...
- Condensing Jerusalem - Ha'aretz
Condensing JerusalemHa'aretz, Israel - 2 hours ago"This country is small and contains two nations, this city is small and has many people who are seeking a means of expression, and poetry is the smallest ...
- Books to travel with: Riffing on Strings edited by Sean Miller and ... - New Scientist (subscription)
Books to travel with: Riffing on Strings edited by Sean Miller and ...New Scientist (subscription), UK - 1 hour agoAnd once you peer beneath the words, you find ideas can possess a poetry more poignant than any turn of phrase. String theory may turn out to be wrong. ...
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