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- Olympic champion Tian runs off torch relay in Xi'an - Xinhua News Agency
XI'AN, Northwest China, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Double Olympic diving champion Tian Liang ran in the first place as torch relay moved on Friday through Xi'an, the terracotta warriors birthplace in Shaanxi province. Tian, Olympic gold medallist in both ...
- Kay Ryan, outsider with sly style, named poet laureate - International Herald Tribune
When Kay Ryan was a student at the University of California, Los Angeles, the poetry club rejected her application; she was perhaps too much of a loner, she recalls. Now Ryan is being inducted into one of the most elite poetry clubs around. She is to ...
- Isle teens win top poetry slam prize (Honolulu Advertiser)
The five teens in Youth Speaks Hawai'i won first place at the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival on Saturday in Washington, D.C. The winning teens are Will Giles of Hawai'i Kai, Alaka'i Kotrys of Kunia, Jocelyn Ng of Kaimuki, Jamaica Osorio of Palolo Valley and Ittai Wong of Kailua.
- Read the Summer's Heat Away... - About - News & Issues
Read the Summer's Heat Away...About - News & Issues, NY - 55 minutes agoEmily Dickinson wrote: "To see the Summer Sky / Is Poetry, though never in a Book it lie - / True Poems flee." Ada Louise Huxtable wrote: "Summer is the ...
- zOMG! It's Finally Here! Gaia Online's MMO Game Enters Closed Beta - MCV
San Jose - July 28, 2008 Gaia Online, the world's most active online community, has launched its upcoming casual MMO into closed beta. Over 10,000 community members will be able to participate in the beta program.Gaia Online proudly announces that ...
- Rushdie traces the roots of his latest award-winning tale (The Charlotte Observer)
Fatehpur Sikri, the old, abandoned capital of India's Mughal King Akbar, is a somewhat deserted place these days, a bit off the beaten tourist path, outdone by the popularity of the Taj Mahal about an hour away. Here, guides spin questionable tales of the emperor playing hide-and-seek with his beautiful queens. And here, within the parched landscape of the ghost city, author Salman Rushdie stood ...
- Rock Ed sponsors free concert on May 10 for clean and honest elections (PEP)
Rock on for clean and honest elections! On May 10, the Amoranto Stadium in Quezon City will be filled with young Filipinos united by their call for clean and honest elections.
- Heath Ledger in 'Dark Knight': Bravo! - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesHeath Ledger in 'Dark Knight': Bravo!Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoWhat's more, transcendent acting takes a toll in a way that goes beyond painting, poetry or other creative disciplines, because actors must utilize ...
- Cold feet at the gates of Hades - Daily Telegraph
The horror story, like so much else in Western literature, has its origins in Homer. This fascinating study of contact with the underworld sticks at the Styx Millennia before Interview with the Vampire there was the Odyssey , in which the hero, just ...
- Preview: Crime Writing Festival, Crown Hotel. Harrogate (Independent)
For lovers of crime fiction, Peter Robinson – creator of the Inspector Banks mystery series – will be sharing the secrets of his craft at Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Fans of the genre will also find Andy Macnab, Robert Crais, Jeffery Deaver and Tess Gerritsen at the event in Harrogate, Yorkshire, which is now in its sixth year.
- Andy Garcia takes son Andres to little league game - Celebrity Baby Blog
Angelina Jolie is known for her acting skills, but some people may say that she has become famous for her international family with fellow actor Brad Pitt , 44. The pair are parents to Maddox Chivan (born in Cambodia), 6 ½, Pax Thien (born in ...
- Kids with nothing to do? - Arkansas Times
Summer Saturdays offers special activities including tours of The White House in Miniature, crafts, story time, and a special snack at Café 42. Sponsored by Alltel, Super Summer Saturdays is offered every Saturday from June 7 until July 12 from 10 ...
- Join the International Poetry Link Exchange - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
Join the International Poetry Link ExchangePR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - 2 hours agoIndependent hosts have free or low cost web site opportunities what are create to be poetry Web site. This page is dedicated as an international poetry link ...
- Villa What? - Egypt Today
W hy are the Lebanese so charming? I found myself wondering this (again) as I sat across the desk from Gerard Avedissian in his office — a high-ceilinged room in the beautifully refurbished Villa Grey, née Villa Hendawi, the petite Ottoman palace ...
- Internet Scams Lurk Everywhere - World Student Press Agency
Internet Scams Lurk EverywhereWorld Student Press Agency, Canada - 52 minutes agoOne day I had ten minutes to spare and encountered a poetry competition. I hadn’t written poetry for years but threw an assortment of words at the page for ...
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