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- Shaheed Bhagat Singh-The Legend - Oneindia
OneindiaShaheed Bhagat Singh-The LegendOneindia, India - 4 hours agoHe wrote many poetry and books in his youth. At the age of 13, Singh began to follow Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement. At this tender age he openly ...
- Palestinian writer who gave stateless a voice - Zawya
Palestinian writer who gave stateless a voiceZawya, United Arab Emirates - Aug 11, 2008Poetry may have become a minority art form in much of the rest of the world, but in the Palestinian territories Darwish's poems were read, taught, ...
- Mandela's 90th b'day celebrated (HT via Yahoo! India News)
Anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday was celebrated at Springdales, Dhaula Kuan, on Friday. The event, which concluded the school's Africa Week celebrations, began with a speech by Principal Jyoti Bose welcoming all the dignitaries, including Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma; South African High Commissioner to India ...
- Anne & Gilbert plans Ontario tour (CBC)
The stage musical Anne & Gilbert is to tour Ontario this fall on the 100th anniversary of the publication of the original Anne of Green Gables.
- Read 'em and weep (Herald Sun)
EVEN the best songwriters have off days - here's just selection of some truly awful lyrics. Plus, enter our poll to see if you agree on the worst songline ever.
- Champion Singer Unleashes Beast - ChartAttack
ChartAttackChampion Singer Unleashes BeastChartAttack, Canada - 11 hours agoGoncalves, who also played drums with Montreal afrobeat group Afrodizz, describes the music as dark and influenced primarily by cinematic imagery. ...
- An Interview with Steven Wingate - Newwest.net
Steven Wingate ‘s debut book, Wifeshopping , is a collection of witty, insightful stories centered on men’s quest for love and marriage. Wingate has been teaching composition and creative writing at the University of Colorado since 2001, and last ...
- John Fowles: the French Lieutenant author’s secret woman - Times Online
A secret cache of love letters reveal how John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenant’s Woman, reenacted his epic story of forbidden passion with a young student. More than 20 years after he introduced unabashed sexuality to the modern literary ...
- ‘I was kept hostage’ - Hindustan Times
‘I was kept hostage’Hindustan Times, India - 1 hour agoShe had gone to Taiwan to inaugurate a poetry festival. At a meeting with Taslima in the last week of September, former police commissioner Prasun Mukherjee ...
- Brazilian director swaps Saramago for Shakespeare (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
After more than a year poring over Jose Saramago's book "Blindness" for the upcoming movie of the same name, Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles is embarking on a new literary journey with William Shakespeare.
- The Wheel Thing (Baltimore City Paper)
A friend in Pigtown says, "I've got a Charmed Life for you. There's this guy who lives down here who fixes up old bikes. He's a real character." His name? "Sam Fitzsimmons."
- Remember When: Wartime roast beef brings warm memories (Vero Press Journal)
The war was winding down in May 1945, but people still needed ration stamps to purchase certain scarce articles of food and clothing. The allotment of stamps became available the first of the month, but by the month's end most people had few of the stamps remaining.
- 1958: Tornado clean-up underway - Dunn County News
This aerial photo, captured by a St. Paul Pioneer Press photographer, shows the devastation in Colfax from the June 4, 1958, tornado. The image was printed in the June 18, 1958, edition of The Dunn County News. Sunday, June 24, 2007 Dunn County ...
- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 (Las Vegas Sun)
Sun, Aug 10, 2008 (12:06 a.m.) Mahmoud Darwish, a Palestinian cultural icon whose poetry eloquently told of his people's experiences of exile, occupation and infighting, died Saturday in Houston. He was 67.
- Musharraf was an ally in US war on terror but reviled by many at home - Grand Forks Herald
Pervez Musharraf took power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant nation into the U.S.-led war on terror - an alliance that won him plaudits in the West but fueled anger at home. While few doubted he wanted a stable, religiously moderate ...
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