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Breaking News Tue, 9 Feb 2010
Joan Baez
Celebrity   Entertainment   Music   Photos   Song  
 Rollingstone 
Joan Baez Joins White House's Celebration of Civil Rights Music
| Photo: Gallup/Getty | Joan Baez has been added to “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” a PBS special airing this Thursday, February... (photo: Creative Commons / Thomas Good)
Jude Law arrives at the North American premiere of the film "Casanova" during the closing night of the AFI Fest 2005 at the Arclight Theater in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005.
Actors   Arts   Awards   Celebrities   Photos  
 BBC News 
Jude Law and James McAvoy up for Olivier awards
| Jude Law, James McAvoy, Rachel Weisz and Keira Knightley are among the nominees for the prestigious Laurence Olivier theatre awards. | Law and McAvoy are up against James Earl Jones, Mark Rylance, K... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello)
The Harley-Davidson museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin  The Examiner 
Hollywood shines at the Harley-Davidson Museum, February 12 - March 14
| "Harleys and Hollywood" at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Harley-Davidson | Throughout Hollywood history, motorcycles have shared the spotlight with heroes and heartthrobs as the ultimate sym... (photo: GFDL / DoriBot)
Films   Harley   History   Museum   Photos  
2,500 Years Of Egyptomania  National Post 
2,500 Years Of Egyptomania
 By Geoffrey Clarfield, National PostFebruary 8, 2010 4:09 AM   | In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the most magnificent intact tomb of any Egyptian Pharaoh ever found in the ... (photo: WN / marzena)
Archaeologists   British   Egypt   Pharaoh   Photos  
Top Stories
Facebook - Social Networking Site - Internet The Times
How many Facebook friends is too many?
| It's the internet world now, so you can speak to anyone anywhere in the world - right? Blog away, and every Tom, Dick and Harriet from Anchorage to Cape Town can admire... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Facebook   Friendship   Internet   People   Photos  
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, gestures during a news conference in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. WorldNews.com
Redeeming the Berlin Conference and Bismarck
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | As German President Horst Koehler visits South Korea in preparation to host the G-20 Summit in November, and whil... (photo: AP / Gero Breloer)
Berlin   Iran   Nuclear   Peace   Photos   Politics  
Turkish jazz bars The Times
Culture capital Istanbul wakes up
| The poster says it all: "If you've ever been to a wilder party, you're under arrest." Pasted on a wall in downtown Istanbul, it's an advert for an R&B night, yet it sum... (photo: Creative Commons)
Culture   Istanbul   Photos   Society   Tourism  
In this undated photo released by Playboy, Anna Nicole Smith poses as she is photographed for Playboy Magazine. Hugh Hefner's Playboy will offer three upcoming Smith tributes: a 10-page pictorial in the magazine's May issue, an hourlong retrospective on the Playboy Channel and an online memorial on Playboy.com. KDVR
On Feb. 8, 2007, model, actress and tabloid sensation Anna Nicole Smith died
Today is Monday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2010. There are 326 days left in the year. | Today's Highlight in History: | On Feb. 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was incor... (photo: AP / Playboy)
Anna   History   Photos   Sensation   Tabloid  
A White House nurse prepares to administer the H1N1 vaccine to President Barack Obama at the White House on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. The Examiner
Obama hasn't ruled out NY trial for 9/11 planner
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - President Barack Obama said Sunday he has not ruled out a New York federal court trial for Sept. 11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but ... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Obama   Photos   Politics   Presitant   US  
Amitabh Bachchan DNA India
Amitabh Bachchan announces 11 lakh contribution for Resul Pookutty's foundation
| Kochi: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has announced a contribution of Rs 11 lakh for 'Resul Pookutty Foundation', a non-profit welfare organisation founde... (photo: Creative Commons / Soumik)
Actor   Awards   Entertainment   India   Photos  
Amanda Seyfried attending the premiere of Chloe Philadelphia Daily News
Allentown's own grounded, gleaming gal
"I've been really lucky," says Amanda Seyfried, star of "Dear John." | By Carrie Rickey | Inquirer Film Critic | - James Wolcott, writing in Vanity Fa... (photo: Creative Commons / Mark Dunne)
Actress   Entertainment   Film   Photos   Star  
Philadelphia Daily News
Italy's sleepy surprise
Maratea, in the arch of the boot, boasts beaches and mountains, medieval roots, peasant tradition, and few tourists. | By Gary May | For The Inquirer | MARATEA, Italy - A... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Culture   Europe   Italy   Photos   Tourism  
Democracy Human Rights
- Steps towards a more representative democracy
- Confidence in democracy dwindles in Ghana
- Why gun control is a threat to democracy
- How to Get Our Democracy Back
Sri Lankans walk past a wall covered with posters depicting Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with his brother and Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, wearing glasses, and commanders of the security forces, bottom, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
Sri Lankans have made desire for peace, progress and democracy very clear - President Rajapaksa
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- Russia: Activists’ Detention Unjustified
- Israel: Attacks on New Israel Fund, Critical Groups, Threate
- My Father Was A Freedom Fighter - A Book Review by Gilad Atz
- Israel: Military Investigations Fail Gaza War Victims
File - Palestine Refugees, Middle East, 1951. Palestinian refugees plant trees, a small beginning in the immense task of starting again.
My Father Was A Freedom Fighter - A Book Review by Gilad Atzmon
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Culture Environment and Nature
- ‘Poor reading culture stunts national growth’
- Li urges artists, writers to work for cultural prosperi
- National identity depends on culture, too
- Percy Jackson: Gods and monsters
African National Congress President Jacob Zuma addresses supporters in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday April 7, 2009 after a high court officially dropped corruption charges against him. South Africa's prosecuting authority on Monday dropped corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, clearing the way for him to become the country's next president free of the cloud that has hung over him for years.
Zuma second term under pressure after love-child apology
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- Environment: Busa, Sonjica collaborate
- FG urges religious leaders to educate members on climate cha
-  Study sheds light on speed of Arctic change
- Goodbye Galapagos, you're too warm for us
Sky - Weather - Climate Change
FG urges religious leaders to educate members on climate change
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Religion and Spirituality Climate Change
- 10% quota for weaker sections among Muslims in West Bengal
- 'Urdu is a language of spiritualism'
- Urdu is a language of deep spiritualism: Governor
- Islamic finance offers London a chance it must not miss
Muslim women on a street, Uttar Pradesh, India
10% quota for weaker sections among Muslims in West Bengal
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- US government plans new climate service
- India needs more research on climate change: Saran
- Climate change: Africa seeks credible financial package
- U.N. Climate Panel and Chief Face Credibility Siege
Sky - Weather - Climate Change
FG urges religious leaders to educate members on climate change
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Sustainable Development Weapons Disarmament
- SEZ policy: Tax breaks not sustainable, says foreign expert
- India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists
- Solar lamps a switched-on idea / Japanese donors sending eco
- Secretary-General calls for stronger partnership for African
Eggplant - Vegetable - Food
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
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- North Korea's Kim pledges to remove nuclear weapons
- North Korea's Kim makes denuclearisation pledge
- Paramilitary groups decommission weapons
- N. Irish militant group dumps weapons
Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw arrives to speak at the Iraq Inquiry in London,Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010.
Blix: Straw 'gave incorrect answers' to Iraq inquiry
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