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- 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 ...
- Palestinian national poet Darwish buried - International Herald Tribune
RAMALLAH, West Bank : Poet Mahmoud Darwish, who gave a voice to the Palestinians' longing for independence, was buried Wednesday in a pomp-filled ceremony fit for a head of state. Thousands marched behind the casket, draped in a Palestinian flag and ...
- Opinion: Germans See Themselves in Obama (Newsweek)
Why did Germans receive Barack Obama's speech so enthusiastically?
- 'The Romance of Astrea and Celadon': The Hopeful Romantic - New York Sun
Director Eric Rohmer, now 88 years young, has suggested that his 2007 film "The Romance of Astrea and Celadon" may be his last. If so, it's a fitting send-off. While this soaring tale of flawed eternal love is not exactly the director's most ...
- Old-Time Country Music fest brings hundreds of performers to Le Mars - Le Mars Daily Sentinel
Old-Time Country Music fest brings hundreds of performers to Le MarsLe Mars Daily Sentinel, IA - 25 minutes agoThere will also be contests, such as the Over-50 Singing Contest; Cowboy Poetry & Storytelling Contest; Open Yodeling Contest; Acoustic Bass Contest, ...
- Leader sent to war crimes court - Sydney Morning Herald
Caught … Radovan Karadzic presents a bizarrely different face after his arrest on Monday. A SERBIAN judge has decided to hand over the arrested former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The ...
- Vivid Girl Nikki Jayne Wins Coveted Miss XBIZ Summer 2008 Crown - Emailwire
Vivid Girl Nikki Jayne Wins Coveted Miss XBIZ Summer 2008 CrownEmailwire - 3 hours agoIt has created wide brand-name awareness through its films and through licensing and marketing programs that extend to advertising, book publishing and such ...
- Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra announces the death of its conductor ... - MLive.com
Patrick Flynn, since 2004 the conductor of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, died early this morning of a heart attack, announced executive director Daniel McGee. Flynn's tenure had seen attendance rise significantly as he programmed not only ...
- Campus briefs - University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel
Campus briefsUniversity of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel, NC - 2 hours agoCollins has published eight collections of poetry and is a Guggenheim Fellow. His last three books have broken poetry sales records. ...
- Local briefs - Jackson Clarion Ledger
Local briefsJackson Clarion Ledger, MS - 14 hours agoFeatures will include preaching, singing, drama, dancing, comedy, puppets and poetry. The food is free, but bring your own blanket or lawn chair. ...
- Poet Kay Ryan is named poet laureate of US - Straits Times
NEW YORK - KAY Ryan, an award-winning poet, mountain bike rider and self-described 'modern hermit,' has been named the next US poet laureate. The Library of Congress announced on Thursday that the lifelong Californian, whose compressed, metaphysical ...
- Law excels in bringing political system to kids (Galveston County Daily News)
Janice Law's book introduces our country’s political system and little-known facts to middle school-age children.
- Jamie Oliver chef faces jail over £1million jewellery robbery - Daily Telegraph
Self-confessed drug addict Tom Baisden, 26, was chosen to take part in Jamie's Chef in 2007 and given the chance to win the prize of running his own restaurant. Despite being pipped at the post by contestant Aaron Craze, Baisden credited Oliver with ...
- CSO soars with Dvorak (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
No doubt many in Music Hall for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s concert this morning spent a difficult week without power. Paavo Järvi’s all-Dvorak program, grounded in beautiful Bohemian moods, was a gratifying respite. But there was an added bonus: A bright new cellist named Gautier Capucon.
- Fall Arts Guide: 5 Questions for Preston Singletary, glass artist (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Preston Singletary uses glass to express his Tlingit heritage.
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