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Still from a Pakistani film made in the sixties

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Multiple identities

The Shanaakht (Identity) Festival returned to Karachi on Monday. It is a three day festival organized by the Citizen's Archives of Pakistan. Each morning of the festival is reserved for visiting school children...

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created by rumana husain | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago
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Children's Literature Authors at 2009 National Book Festival

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Thousands Line Up for National Book Festival

Tens of thousands book-lovers walked the National Mall, between the Capitol and the Washington Monument, to hear from their favorite authors today. Even with threatening clouds, and a few raindrops, the crowds kept...

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created by Jennings David L | 13 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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Babel-Fish

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Iraqi protest at media censorship

" About 200 Iraqi journalists, writers and publishers have protested in Baghdad at what they say is growing state interference in their work. The protest follows the introduction of new rules for censoring books,...

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created by Babel-Fish | 19 wks ago
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Q & A with Vikas Swarup at the Jaipur Literature Festival

Thanks to the enthusiastic, charismatic and giving spirit of author William Dalrymple, I recently attended the Jaipur Literature Festival, which takes place every year in January, in the city of … you guessed it! JAIPUR. This year Amitabh Bachchan, Tina...

created by Happily Unmarried Ever After | 41 wks ago
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Coworking Joliette fait maintenant partie du 3e lieu de travail

Copartage Bureau Joliette / Coworking Joliette est maintenant ouvert au 590, rue Saint-Viateur, Joliette (Québec) J6E 3B6. Plusieurs dirigeants d’entreprises, représentants des Chambres de commerce locales, d’associations représentatives de gens d’affaires,...

created by benoitgrenier | 46 wks ago
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Obama's day starts with church, coffee with Bush

Best wishes toPresident Obama."The sermon was by prominent Dallas minister T.D. Jakes. Borrowing an Obama campaign slogan, he told the president-elect that he will face many critics, "but you are all fired up,...

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created by 158 | 48 wks ago | updated 48 wks ago
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2009: Year of the Shadow Media

Kirk Lapointe, Managing Editor of the Vancouver Sun pointed me to something interesting today. "Several weeks ago, BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine shared a term in one of his predictions for 2009 that was intriguing...

created by mtippett | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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The Arrest Of Gov_ Milorad "Rod" R_ Blagojevich_

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Calls mount for disgraced Illinois governor to quit

" Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich faced pressure to resign on Wednesday after his arrest on charges he tried to sell U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat, swap favors for money and strong-arm a newspaper...

created by nirajan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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stvalentine

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abird that can't fly

"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."

created by stvalentine | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Sen. Ted Stevens found guilty in corruption case (Photo: Senator Stevens)

Rhonda J Mangus

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Sen. Ted Stevens found guilty in corruption case

Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska Found Guilty"WASHINGTON – Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was convicted of seven corruption charges Monday in a trial that tainted the 40-year Senate career of Alaska's political patriarch. ...

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created by tikun | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Why Movie watching dwindled?

Toronto--For the past few years, people are weaning away from the movie theatres. There are numerous reasons ranging from ticket prices, long working hours, Internet access, DVDs, more stuff to do and there are rotten choices at the movies. I would like to discuss about the...

opinion by cmegkp | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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azzayindia

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Young Indian Writers hold readings

The Mussoorie writers festival was the talk of town for the past couple of days.It was a rare occasion to meet upclose the eminent writers around the world.The Young Indian Writers have come a long way and are...

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created by azzayindia | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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'The Bollywood Burner: World's Hottest Curry' claims Virgin Media

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Bollywood goes on strike

The fastest growing film and TV industry in the world is Asian. Bollywood is at the heart of this industry turning out film after film to be eagerly devoured by the huge Indian film going audience. Today we...

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created by LotusFlower | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Cocoa Dream

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Cuban artists and intellectuals appeal for end of US blockade

" To end the blockade and for solidarity with CubaCuban artists and intellectuals appeal to their colleagues worldwideBY MIREYA CASTAÑEDA NOTABLE figures in the Cuban arts announced a call appealing to the...

created by rahul | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths

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Ike survivors may wait weeks for hot meals, baths

"HOUSTON – Tens of thousands of residents first hunkered down to wait for Hurricane Ike's brutal punch. Those survivors on the wrecked Texas coast must now wait again — for food, water and ice, for the...

created by steve468 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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