Gay Muslims, Victims of 'A Jihad for Love' (Washington Post)
The relationship of Ferda and Kiymet is one of the few light moments in "A Jihad for Love," Parvez Sharma's documentary about homosexuality in the Muslim world. The two Turkish women laugh and touch in public, and in a poignant scene, Kiymet meets Ferda's 80-year-old mother. The introduction goes...
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U.S. troops cast lines for elusive Saddam bass (Muzi)
VICTORY BASE, Iraq -- By 8 in the morning it was hot, and Chief Warrant Officer Scott Henry , the custodian of the Baghdad Angler's Club and School of Fly Fishing , sat in the shadow of a palace pillar.
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U.S. troops cast lines for elusive Saddam bass (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
VICTORY BASE, Iraq — By 8 in the morning it was hot, and Chief Warrant Officer Scott Henry, the custodian of the Baghdad Angler's Club and School of Fly Fishing, sat in the shadow of a palace pillar. More palaces were all around the lake, and directly across from him was al Faw Palace, bigger and uglier than the rest.
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Helicopter strikes oil rig off Dubai; Pinoy among 7 dead (GMA News)
(Update) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A helicopter carrying foreign contractors crashed into an oil platform off the coast of Dubai, killing all seven people on board and halting production in one of the emirate's four offshore oil fields, officials said Thursday.
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Studying online can lead to degree (The Demopolis Times)
DEMOPOLIS — Alabama education officials are cracking down on the exploding market for Internet college courses and degrees, taking action against four Birmingham-based online colleges.
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Making a difference (Voice News)
Kam Redlawsk had no way of knowing, but mysterious symptoms that started cropping up in high school, such as running slower and changes in her gait, would years later lead to a diagnosis of Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy.
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Saudis use petro-dollars to transform education (Business Standard India)
When Saeed al-Malowi talks with his mechanical engineering students at Taibah University in Saudi Arabia, he says the conversation often turns to pursuing advanced degrees abroad and the dim prospects of finding jobs at home.
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Iran Plans War Game During Ramadan (The New York Sun)
The Iranian army is getting equipped with domestically-built jet fighters and is planning a war game during the holy month of Ramadan, a top military official said. Iran "has made great achievements in manufacturing anti-aircraft missiles and various jet fighters over the past two years," the commander-in-chief of the army, Ataollah Salehi, was quoted by Iran's state-run Press TV as saying ...
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Gold Is A Political Metal (GoldSeek.com)
The following is an excerpt from commentary that originally appeared at Treasure Chests for the benefit of subscribers on Thursday, August 14 th , 2008.
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Franklin U. envisions campuses around the world (The Columbus Dispatch)
Franklin University's new president plans to add campuses, not only in Ohio and elsewhere in the Midwest, but eventually at international locations such as China, eastern Europe and the Persian Gulf.
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