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Commentary: New U.S. poet laureate a traditional choice Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 11:19PMThe appointment last week of 82-year-old William Stanley Merwin as the U.S. poet laureate both honors his 58-year contribution to American arts and letters and returns the largely ceremonial post to the realm of the traditional white male poet at a time when the field is growing more diverse, like the nation.
Former Dictator On Trial in France Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 3:23PMPARIS — Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega is speaking in a Paris courtroom in a trial that could send him to jail for another decade after 20 years in U.S. custody.
G-8's focus: World crises Sunday, June 27, 2010 @ 12:36AMIn a joint statement, the leading eight industrial democracies also criticized both Iran and North Korea for continuing their nuclear march and called on both to heed existing United Nations resolutions.
Press Coverage: Daytime Soccer and Primetime Golf Delivering Big Time Drama Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 9:07AMWe're 10 days into the World Cup and, by this point, people have started to make up their minds about this whole "soccer thing" in America. Forced to cover the event, countless media folks spend their time writing and talking about the vuvuzelas or the lack of scoring or the ties in an effort to, frankly, undermine the enjoyment of those who actually like watching soccer. "I don't like it so it ...
Will the Gulf oil spill cause any health problems? Experts to weigh in at New Orleans meeting Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 2:24AMWhen an Associated Press reporter went scuba diving in the oil-streaked Gulf of Mexico this month, people commenting on websites worried about his health. But at the same time, the oil sure didn...
The worldwide web: technology that translates, and unites Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 11:08AMThe worldwide web: technology that translates, and unites By Gregory M. Lamb, Christian Science Monitor | Wednesday, June 9 We're "way beyond" English as the language of the Internet, contends Ethan Zuckerman, whose Global Voices website is translated into 15 languages. "The Internet is for everybody these days."
Introducing AmazonCrossing-Bringing Exceptional International Books to English-Language Readers Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 3:56PMSEATTLE----Amazon.com, Inc. today announced a new publishing imprint, AmazonCrossing, which will introduce readers to voices of the world through English-language translations of foreign-language books.
[ENS] ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury recognized for interfaith work (mdavies [ENS] ENGLAND) Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 5:46AMEpiscopal News Service is available at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/ens.
A battle royale, with cheese Friday, February 5, 2010 @ 11:59AMTravolta squanders his goodwill in a hack job that could be called: "Paris: Egos Gone Wild."
Haitian Man Found 11 Days On; Search, Rescue Off Sunday, January 24, 2010 @ 12:45PMA man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti's devastating earthquake was pulled from the rubble, as officials said they were shifting their focus from rescue to caring for the thousands of survivors living in squalid, makeshift camps. Rescuers reached Wismond Exantus by digging a tunnel into a destroyed fruit and vegetable shop, French officials said, on the same day the U.N. announced ...
The past is, like, a foreign country Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 7:35AMThey don't get it, they just don't get it. Too many people have yet to work out that Australia in 2010 is a different country from Australia in 1960; as different as France is from Italy or Vietnam is from Thailand.
The past is, like, a foreign country Saturday, January 23, 2010 @ 7:35AMThey don't get it, they just don't get it. Too many people have yet to work out that Australia in 2010 is a different country from Australia in 1960; as different as France is from Italy or Vietnam is from Thailand.
Michael Dirda on Michael Scammell's 'Koestler' Wednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 11:00PMKOESTLER The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic By Michael Scammell Random House. 689 pp. $35 Who now reads Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)? My guess: only a few people past age 50 and the occasional student of 20th-century political history. While biographer Michael Scamme...
Harakahdaily Wednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 5:47AMKUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6: French police may soon ask Prime Minister Najib Razak to give his statement over the Malaysian government’s purchase of Scorpene submarines from a French firm, in which deal a whopping commission of RM540 million had allegedly been paid to a crony of his.
Jake Humphrey blog Monday, November 2, 2009 @ 2:39AMBBC F1 presenter looks back at an incredible season
Supplementary links Wednesday, October 14, 2009 @ 6:20AMBeijing , Frankfurt, 14 th October, 2009: Penguin, the international publishing company, announced today the establishment of a new publishing programme highlighting writing about and from China.
Where extremists come to play Saturday, September 19, 2009 @ 4:50AMNasser al Bahri was a star graduate of Yemen's rehab program for terrorists. Sound rehabilitated to you? Michelle Shephard and Lucas Oleniuk found him in Yemen, where extremists come to play.
Traffic throttling wars: 800 file with CRTC Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 12:59PMp2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- CAIP and J.F. Mezei of Vaxination have made submissions to the CRTC more or less stating it erred in the original “throttling case” that’s allowed Bell Canada to continue throttling its customers, wholesale competition included. As I write this, the CRTC has put up filings in support of CAIP and [...]
Exeter/Hampton/Rockingham community calendar Tuesday, June 16, 2009 @ 5:12AMStratham
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan: Interview with Fixer Director Ian Olds: Afghanistan, History and Winning Best Documentary at ... Tuesday, May 12, 2009 @ 10:08AMI caught up with the film's director, Ian Olds for a lively conversation about Fixer, the state of politics in Afghanistan, historiography and how it feels to have been in two war zones in the past few years.
Dan, Thanks, but I am fully Monday, April 20, 2009 @ 11:25PMIn reply to Red-Letter Days For Racism : Dan, Thanks, but I am fully aware that the Iranians speak Farsi, just as I am aware that they aren’t Arabs. I suspect your comments shouldn’t have been directed at me. For what it’s worth though, references to "Persian" aren’t incorrect. Speaking of Farsi though, it’s amazing the number of locals know-it-alls who huff and puff insisting that Ahmadinajad ...
Steady Boil Thursday, April 9, 2009 @ 12:44PMThere was much buzz about the opening of The Boiler Room in the Old Market. The aptly named restaurant has taken over the old boiler room of the former Bemis Bag Factory on 11th and Jones.
Michelle Obama Presents Carla Bruni-Sarkozy with a Guitar Saturday, April 4, 2009 @ 1:25PMThe First Lady gives her French counterpart a Gibson guitar "as a sign of friendship"
Scorched , Mouawad's Play of Middle Eastern Family Secrets, Opens in Philly March 4 Tuesday, March 3, 2009 @ 11:16PMScorched, the acclaimed play by Lebanese-Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad, makes its East Coast premiere at Philadelphia's Wilma Theatre, opening March 4 after previews from Feb. 25, directed by the Wilma's co-artistic director Blanka Zizka.
What To Do Saturday, February 14, 2009 @ 2:31AM•How to do ’what to do‘ What To Do is a free listing of special events in the city and region. Priority will be given to community groups, non-profit organizations and family activities. It is not intended as a free listing for businesses which have other promotional options within the newspaper.
Foreclosed, but not forgotten Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 11:09PMAbout 1 in every 29 homes in Morgan Hill is in some stage of foreclosure, according to an online realty service that monitors local data.
Foreclosed, but not forgotten Thursday, December 4, 2008 @ 8:43PMAbout 1 in every 15 homes in Gilroy is in some stage of foreclosure, according to an online realty service that monitors local data.
Army translator in Iraq used Western image to advantage Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 1:26AMSTAFFORD TOWNSHIP - U.S. Army Sgt. Desiree Vassallo did not look like a local as she walked the streets of western Baghdad. Sporting blonde hair and wearing Army fatigues, she was the epitome of an outsider and locals spoke freely around her.