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Brighton College drops history, geography and RE (Times Online)
Fri, 09 May 2008 22:04:08 GMT
Lessons in the "story of our land" will replace history, geography and religious education at a leading independent school. Richard Cairns, the head master of Brighton College, said that he wanted to inspire children and teach how Britain became great, and explain its influence on the world.

Urban Geography 2nd Edition Presents Key Concepts In A Straightforward Structure That Aims To Uncover The Excitement ... (Centre Daily Times)
Thu, 08 May 2008 09:12:07 GMT
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c91126) has announced the addition of "Urban Geography, 2nd Edition" to their offering.

Urban Geography 2nd Edition Presents Key Concepts In A Straightforward Structure That Aims To Uncover The Excitement ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 08 May 2008 08:47:00 GMT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Urban Geography, 2nd Edition" to their offering.

Stories About Real Lives -- Both Animal and Human (Washington Post)
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:30:35 GMT
In his newest book, How I Learned Geography (Farrar Straus Giroux, $16.95; ages 4-8), Caldecott medalist Uri Shulevitz recalls how his family fled the Nazis in Warsaw and ended up in the Central Asian city of Turkestan.

School geography, spelling bees begin (The Daily Advance)
Fri, 09 May 2008 02:32:29 GMT
Quick — how do you spell chrysanthemum?

WL geography whiz does it again (West Liberty Index)
Wed, 07 May 2008 15:42:05 GMT
As if once wasn’t enough, Nick Brown has done it again. For the second year in a row the West Liberty seventh grader qualified for the Iowa State Geography Bee at Drake University.

STATEN ISLAND TURNING ON ITS HOMETOWN ZERO (New York Post)
Fri, 09 May 2008 09:37:28 GMT
CUT off from the bulk of the city by geography, morality and the $12 blow dry, Staten Island is more small town than functioning borough. And so it was yesterday that the fall of Vito Fossella, the man affectionately known hereabouts as Don Vito - a homegrown politician and full-time skunk - was viewed with equal parts disgust and betrayal. "You're freakin' kidding me!" exclaimed Stephanie ...

Fowles finding Sky to her liking (Daily Herald)
Fri, 09 May 2008 05:39:04 GMT
Having only recently figured out where Michigan Avenue and the Target nearest to her apartment is, Sylvia Fowles admitted that her knowledge of Chicago geography is still lacking. But only to a point.

On Canadian geography, Fausto Esparza's recovery and road suspension (Velo News)
Wed, 07 May 2008 22:47:45 GMT
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Book Review: The Little Man In the Map by E. Andrew Martonyi (Blogcritics.org)
Fri, 09 May 2008 00:08:56 GMT
This is a cute book and perfect for kids who are studying geography and particularly those who might be struggling in the subject. I loved geography as a child. In some boxes I recently came across in my parents' attic, I found a certificate from my junior high 'National Geography Olympiad.' I must not, however, have been as brilliant in geography as I thought, though, because the certificate ...

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Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector (AP)
APFri, 09 May 2008 21:45:02 GMT
Shiite gunmen carry a rifle as they ride a motorcycle down Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.
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Attack from Gaza kills 1, Israeli retaliation kills 5 (AP)
APFri, 09 May 2008 22:27:00 GMT
A medic walks past the body of an Israeli citizen killed by a Palestinian mortar attack at the Kfar Aza Kibutz May 9, 2008. The attack originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed the Israeli civilian and wounded three other people, according to a police spokesman and ambulance workers. After the attack, an Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security men in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL) AP - Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.
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Sri Lanka election draws complaints (AP)
APSat, 10 May 2008 01:34:11 GMT
Arumugam Jagan, left, an opposition candidate in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province elections, walks outside his house in Petalai, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) northeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Jagan can barely campaign with threats from the TamilEela Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) members, former rebels allied with the government, he said. The government has hailed the provincial election as a crucial step toward restoring democracy to the east but opposition candidates and election observers say the ruling party is using every means at their disposal, government resources as well as intimidation by gunmen, to ensure a victory. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) AP - Separatist rebels destroyed a navy cargo ship Saturday just hours after a bombing blamed on the group killed 11 people in eastern Sri Lanka — violence that casted a cloud over pivotal provincial elections scheduled for later in the day.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073 (AP)
APFri, 09 May 2008 23:23:22 GMT
AP - As of Friday, May 9, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Australia probes Afghan detainees mistreatment allegations (AFP)
AFPFri, 09 May 2008 09:08:29 GMT
Australian soldiers escorting the coffin of Lance Corporal Jason Marks who was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan in April 2008. The Australian military Friday said it was investigating allegations that its troops mistreated suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, shortly after Marks was killed there.(AFP/HO/File/Neil Ruskin) AFP - The Australian military Friday said it was investigating allegations that its troops mistreated suspected insurgents in Afghanistan, shortly after a special forces soldier was killed there.
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