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'seasonal Beggars' Flock To Indonesian Cities For Ramadan - Hindustan Times
ramadan is prime time for muslims to give charitable donations, so it's not surprising the islamic holy month is the most lucrative season for beggars. beggars, including many old people and women with young children, have been flocking to jakarta ...
www.hindustantimes.com

Greenspace: Dig For Change, Save Earth?
hey buddy, got any change? a national coin-counting company thinks we have too much - jars and boxes and cans of coins, squirreled away in closets, forgotten.
www.philly.com

Pencils: In High-tech World, What’s The Point?
like pennies and paper clips, pencils occupy the junk drawers of life. they’re chewed, snapped in two, used as back-scratchers and drum sticks. they point to charts, punch in phone numbers, and prop open books. we buy them maybe once a year — if we’ve got children in elementary school. but what else but a pencil could slumber on a desk for 25 years and still write as well as the day you left ...
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The Thrill Of The Hunt - Albany Democrat-herald
most of us get a kick out of seeing a quarter on the sidewalk, but secretly, we hope to someday come across some real loot: a pirate’s lost plunder. a miner’s forgotten stash. the mislaid coinage of an early pioneer. at the very least, you’ve ...
www.democratherald.com

The Lonely Planet Story: Two's Company - The Independent
twenty-seven cents," i said, surveying the pathetic collection of coins in the palm of my hand. a few minutes earlier, the last car we'd hitched had cruised into sydney across the harbour bridge.
www.independent.co.uk

Afghans Unearth 19-metre Buddha Statue, Relics
archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the islamist taliban seven years ago.
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Medals Returned - But Their Adventures Remain A Mystery
exactly where these world war i medals have spent the past two decades will probably remain a mystery. but whatever their story, aucklander paul hitchfield, the grandson of the soldier they belonged to, is rapt to have them back.
www.nzherald.co.nz

New York Times Health - 8 Hrs Ago - San Francisco Examiner
new york times health - 10 hrs ago just a few notes from marc prensky’s article on digital natives and digital immigrants . (see part 1, here.) in case you haven’t seen this article by marc prensky , i’ll give you a couple of flashy spinners in ...
www.examiner.com

Gadbad Pattan - Indolink
in the olden days, there was a very famous merchant in mumbadevi called shivnath. he owned three ships. he used to fill these ships with lot of material from mumbai and go to different parts of the world. in different places he used to sell all his ...
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Woody Allen Makes Opera Directing Debut In La
woody allen would take no bows.
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Woody Allen Makes Opera Directing Debut
shy 72-year-old filmmaker woody allen would take no bows after his successful debut as an opera director despite prolonged applause from the crowd.
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Maritime Accidents - Chicago Tribune
it's the mideast version of a sordid soap opera. suzanne tamim, a lebanese pop star, is brutally murdered in her luxury dubai apartment, her throat slashed. arrested in her death: one of egypt's most politically connected businessmen, accused of ...
www.chicagotribune.com

The Sad Wreck Of Our Maritime Heritage - Times Online
thirty years ago off the coast of kent, beneath some 50ft of water, the prow of the 17th-century warship stirling castle emerged from a sandbank. it had been entombed by the goodwin sands for 300 years until the current changed. soon, enough sand had ...
www.timesonline.co.uk

'ten-cent Plague,' 'erased,' 'tech-noir'
once vilified as the scourge of american society, comic books have today assumed control of the world. well, at least its cinemas. if you're curious about the origins of this phenomenon, read david hajdu's the ten-cent plague: the great comic-book scare and...
www.sfgate.com

Competitors, Downturn Dog Slots Leader
if the slot machine business were like the film industry, the biggest studio with the greatest collective experience and longest string of blockbusters would be international game technology.
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Growing Ike Nears Turks And Caicos, South Bahamas - Washington Post
ocean boulevard looks like a ghost town as tropical storm hanna moves closer to land friday sept. 5, 2008, in myrtle beach, s.c. tropical storm hanna is expected to strike the area early saturday morning.(ap photo/mary ann chastain) (mary ann ...
www.washingtonpost.com

Review: 'i Served The King Of England' - Christian Science Monitor
jirí menzel's "i served the king of england" is a tragedy with the lyrical airiness of a chaplin movie. the tonal disparity may befuddle audiences accustomed to having their "serious" films weighted with gravitas. but menzel, the czech director best ...
www.csmonitor.com

Woody Allen Makes Opera Directing Debut In La
woody allen would take no bows.
www.cbsnews.com

Afghans Unearth 19-metre Buddha Statue, Relics
archaeologists make discovery near ruins of giant statues destroyed by the taliban seven years ago
www.theglobeandmail.com

Silver Purse Holds Simple Life Lesson - Mlive.com
once upon a time -- well, this past tuesday, actually -- a little girl from grandville named olivia helms, who is 6 1/2, went shopping with her mother, kristen, and gently badgered her mommy just a bit for a new purse. the mommy said not today ...
www.mlive.com