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A child play area at Delhi airport
Travellers landing at Indian capital New Delhi's airport have often complained of problems. Situation is slowly improving after a private company Delhi International Airport Limited took over the management of the... 
23rd Cultural & Sports Festival concludes at Kempty near Mussoorie
Aryan Club wins Kabbadi Title the speaker of the Vidhan Sabha Uttrakhand dances on the occasion. "MUSSOORIE, 9 Nov: On the concluding day of the 23rd Sports and Cultural Festival at Kempty Village near here,... 
Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'
The botched opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...
Pakistani Schoolchildren make History for the Rights of the Disabled
After a year-long campaign spearheaded by the Children's Museum for Peace and Human Rights run in schools to not only put pressure on the government to become a signatory of the United Nation's Convention for the... 
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Giants among the Lilliputians
"CAMDEN, S.C. — While the political class was focused on the meaning of pigs wearing lipstick, a few fortunate South Carolinians were riveted by the meaning of valor. The occasion was a celebration of four of the state’s living recipients of the Medal of Honor—Charles...
Hallmark introduces same-sex marriage cards
Hallmark is rolling out same-sex wedding cards."The nation's largest greeting card company is rolling out same-sex wedding cards — featuring two tuxedos, overlapping hearts or intertwined flowers, with best...
Change We Can, Change We Shall says Maldives politician
"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...
The incredible moment a leopard attacks a crocodile
"These are the incredible pictures which show the first ever leopard attack on a crocodile.Hal Brindley snapped the amazing moment a leopard snatched a crocodile at a South African game reserve on the only...
A Perpetual Student Pursues Education to the Nth Degree
"Benjamin B. Bolger's story seems like a hoax. At age 32, he says, he has just earned his 11th advanced degree: a doctorate that Harvard University awarded him on Thursday.Mr. Bolger's unlikely story has another twist: He is dyslexic. "
G8 Ministers Compromise On 2050 Climate Target
After much discussion at this week's G8 environment ministers meeting, a compromise deal was reached to halve those countries' emissions by 2050. Well, that's only 42 years from now, after all, I'm sure my...
Cannes winner "The Class" reminds of "Salaam Bombay"
"CANNES, France —61st Cannes Film Festival awarded the French film "The Class," a story about classroom life using real students and teachers (amateur actors) at a junior high school, with Palme d'Or, the most...
New Urbanism's Moses comes to Tsawwassen
Trevor Boddy critiques a proposed new urbanist development in South Delta as "a last-gasp attempt to reform suburbanism from within,before high energy prices and new respect for land compels much denserdevelopment." "The 13th of May brought several downer developments — and...
Leeds eye 'fantastic achievement'
Let's not get too far ahead, it needs to be won first, but if they hadn't had the 15 point deduction, they would be one point behind Swansea in an automatic promotion place, and nine ahead of Forest, who go up....
Bush Celebrates Israel's Birthday Amid Rocket Fire
President George Bush was doing his best to put a happy face on an unhappy situation in Palestine. I'm not sure how he can do any good with everyone knowing he's soon on his way out." JERUSALEM (AP)... 
created by Phil Skipper | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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438 views | 24 recommendations | 8 comments
