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    Thursday, April 20th, 2006
    1:40 pm
    The Life of Graham
    The Life of Graham
    Toronto Eye Weekly - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:31:55 GMT
    Of the Monty Python troupe, Graham Chapman is known for being the dead one. But before his death in 1989, he was known as the most adventurous, twisted and philosophical Python, a status that Calcium Made Interesting (Sidgwick and Jackson, 400 pages, $36.95) successfully restores.

    Bargain plastic surgery flourishes in Egypt, but at a price
    Middle East Times - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:43:08 GMT
    CAIRO -- "Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed," French philosopher Blaise Pascal famously said three-and-a-half centuries ago.

    MP: We can't dismiss nuke power just yet
    Harlow Star - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:42:20 GMT
    RULING out the construction of more nuclear power stations to meet the UK's energy needs would would be "crazy", according to Harlow MP Bill Rammell.

    Useless research
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:28:11 GMT
    www.insolitology.com/tests/archive.htm

    Black Eyed Peas ham it up
    The News & Observer - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:40:35 GMT
    Twenty years ago the Beastie Boys declared, "You gotta fight for your right to party!" But the Black Eyed Peas are having none of that. Tuesday night, the Peas opened the concert season at Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park with a show that

    Open to interpretation
    Mail and Guardian - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:48:44 GMT
    There is no clear definition for the New Age movement. It is simply a term that lumps together a wide variety of beliefs, customs and practices, from acupuncture to astrology, Gnosticism, Wicca and various indigenous belief systems that have only recently been acknowledged in the West.

    And the Beat goes on ... in iambic pentameter
    Las Vegas Business Press - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:08:09 GMT
    Poetry and music combine once a month at Second Saturdays Spoken Word at the retro '50s-style salon, The Beauty Bar. However, don't expect to find snapping fingers, beards, stripped shirts or beret-wearing beatniks like those from the Beat Generation downtown.

    “Economic Patriotism” in the Union
    Nine O'Clock - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 19:56:42 GMT
    Well entrenched clichés are used when the European Union is described: single markets, the free flow of capital and labor, increasingly more uniform pieces of national legislation set-ups, severe anti-trust laws, devolution of public policy prerogatives to supranational bodies, etc. These clichés project the image of a Union in which the identity of firms would be ever more detached from member

    State plans fight on early release after jail ruling
    Albuquerque Tribune - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:11:44 GMT
    SANTA FE - A state district judge, unpersuaded by the recent move of 68 inmates, said a special panel on prison overcrowding must meet to consider the early release of nonviolent female prisoners.

    NEWS: Wheeling and Back-Room Dealing
    Nashville Scene - Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:01:25 GMT
    Jan. 17 was a strange day to be one of John Summers’ constituents. If you happened to be a supporter of a conservation overlay, a restrictive zoning ordinance fiercely contested within two neighborhoods in Summers’ West Nashville district, you were certain Summers would push forward with the measure.

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    Saturday, April 15th, 2006
    3:10 am
    Tucson speech by farm worker's union co-founder still drawing fire
    Tucson speech by farm worker's union co-founder still drawing fire
    KVOA Tucson - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 23:54:39 GMT
    TUSD officials have been called to testify to a joint legislative committee to explain allowing a political speech at a school assembly and a separate decision to send buses to pick up students from a pro-illegal-immigration rally.

    Women cry bias at work
    The Telegraph - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:35:50 GMT
    Calcutta, April 14: Almost every time Shalini gets late for or slips up at work, her sniggering colleagues in the advertising agency throw meaningful glances — it’s only to be expected, you see, she’s a woman with a family.

    SAHIN ALPAY
    Zaman Online - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:18:28 GMT
    The funerals for 14 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants killed by security forces last week sparked protests in the Southeastern provinces, especially in Diyarbakir. Shops were set ablaze and 12 people have lost their lives so far.

    State tries to block Nichols lawyers' attempt to call prosecutors to testify
    AccessNorthGA - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:51:02 GMT
    The state asked a judge Friday to block defense lawyers for accused courthouse gunman Brian Nichols from calling the district attorney and the lead prosecutor in the murder case to testify at a hearing over the suspect's statements to police.

    "Night Watch"
    The Davis Enterprise - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:44:15 GMT
    Published Mar 21, 2006 - 15:08:31 CST. Three star. A few intriguing concepts and plenty of directorial flourishes skitter and slide throughout “Night Watch,” but for the most part the film is an overly enthusiastic mess.

    "Match Point:
    The Davis Enterprise - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:43:45 GMT
    Published Jan 20, 2006 - 15:26:50 CST. Three-and-a-half stars. Mindful that Stephen King's name had become associated with a string of increasingly dreadful horror flicks, director Rob Reiner kept the name-brand author under deep cover when turning the novella “The Body” into 1986's “Stand By Me.”

    "Freedomland"
    The Davis Enterprise - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:42:55 GMT
    Published Feb 24, 2006 - 14:41:22 CST. Three-and-a-half stars. Galvanic performances ultimately undone by clumsy, unpersuasive script.

    "Brokeback Mountain"
    The Davis Enterprise - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:41:54 GMT
    Published Jan 13, 2006 - 15:43:02 CST. Four-and-a-half stars. Love prompts fateful choices in superb character drama Despair hangs over this film like a shroud.

    IMM specs further pare back bets on the dollar-CFTC
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 20:25:11 GMT
    NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) - Currency speculators in the week to Tuesday further trimmed their bets on the dollar, particularly against the Swiss franc and so-called "commodity" currencies, the Australian and Canadian dollars, data released on Friday showed.

    Modern India no longer fears riches
    The Age - Fri, 14 Apr 2006 19:14:30 GMT
    Luxury goods makers are descending on India, and the nation's wealthy are enjoying indulgence not seen since the maharajahs, writes Amrit Dhillon. -

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    Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
    5:15 am
    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to visit Washington state
    Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to visit Washington state
    King County Journal - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:35:46 GMT
    OLYMPIA -- Sen. Ted Stevens is visiting the Puget Sound area today two days before he hosts a fundraiser in Alaska for Republican Senate hopeful Mike McGavick.

    No campaign link in visit, Stevens says
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 05:57:37 GMT
    OLYMPIA -- Sen. Ted Stevens is visiting the Puget Sound area today, two days before he hosts a fund-raiser in Alaska for Republican Senate hopeful Mike McGavick.

    A chance to play in golf heaven
    The Star-Ledger - Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:44:28 GMT
    AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Word swept through the media tent like a sighting of Tiger Woods' wife: "Manahan is playing Augusta National on Monday!" So, one by one, the golf writers stopped by my seat and offered their shallow, insincere congratulations.

    Nigeria: 2006 Census: Matters Arising
    AllAfrica.com - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:29:22 GMT
    The 2006 National headcount has come and gone and hopefully, the results (for what it is worth) will be available in due course. Whether or not the results will generally be acceptable as accurate may depend on which side of the country you come from.

    Tourism by Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal
    Independent - Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:02:19 GMT
    Can you judge a book by its cover? Tourism's features a breast ballooning through a blouse. The novel is undoubtedly sexploitative, but in a way that raises interesting questions. Its narrator is a disaffected British Sikh called Bhupinder, nicknamed Puppy. He hooks up with Sophie, a posh model, because he is infatuated with her friend Sarupa, a member of a rich British Asian family.

    China & Japan: Bad politics, good economics
    Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 11:44:14 GMT
    SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS have fallen to their most politically acrimonious level since the Asian giants normalized diplomatic relations in 1972. Political relations have become so thorny that Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro do not talk, even when they are attending the same international conference (where they assiduously avoid each other).

    Letters
    Star-Gazette - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:40:19 GMT
    Do what it takes to save Brand Park pool I am writing in support of Beadie Locke's March 28 letter to the editor regarding the restoration of Brand Park pool.

    Jewish prisoners trying to keep kosher
    San Antonio Express News - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:50:52 GMT
    Amid federal lawsuit, all sides are seeking a solution to dietary practice of faith.

    Sucking in their sixties
    Stuff - Sun, 09 Apr 2006 00:22:30 GMT
    On the eve of their tour, Grant Smithies ponders if the Rolling Stones are still rolling, or if they're just gathering moss.

    Pen pals
    San Francisco Bay View - Sat, 08 Apr 2006 08:55:38 GMT
    Imagine, if you can, what you were doing when you were 12 years old. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, a 27-year-old West African journalist, can’t forget. That’s because Chernoh was one of 15,000 child soldiers fighting a dreadful, bloody civil war in Sierra Leone.

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