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Southern California date growers scramble to fill Ramadan orders
In June, the calls to Dennis Jensen's Riverside County date farm began to pick up. By July, he said, the calls took on a more urgent nature: "Send me some dates; save me!"
Wholesalers and grocers were rushing to put their orders in for Ramadan, the...Tags: Religious Festivals, Ramadan, Islam, Electrical Appliance, Holidays
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At Ramadan Iftar dinner, Obama supports new mosque on private property near Ground Zero
Top of the TicketFull text of Democrat's White House dinner remarks supporting the controversial proposal and the official dinner guest list.... -
Chile earthquake one of the largest ever recorded
La PlazaCentral Chile was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, tearing apart houses, bridges and highways Saturday and sending a tsunami racing halfway around the world. The magnitude 8.8 quake was felt as far away as Sao Paulo in Brazil â 1,800... -
The Overseas Class
Times Staff WriterThey nurse the sick in California, drive fuel trucks in Iraq, sail cargo ships through the Panama Canal and cruise ships through the Gulf of Alaska. They pour sake for Japanese salarymen and raise the children of Saudi businessmen. They are the...Tags: Marriage, Business Enterprises, Economic Indicator, Health, Entertainment
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Artisans of the roast
Times Staff WriterA great cup of coffee starts with great beans. As recently as 10 years ago, finding good whole bean coffee usually meant seeking out the little gourmet shops that imported it, finding a Peet's or Illy store -- or having an Italian (or Guatemalan)...Tags: Arts and Culture, University of California, Los Angeles, Family, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bars and Clubs
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Barack Obama speech: 'A new beginning'
Thank you, Ted. Ted Sorensen has been counselor to a president in some of our toughest moments, and he has helped define our national purpose at pivotal turning points. Let me also welcome all of the elected officials from Illinois who are with us. Let me...Tags: Heads of State, Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Iraq War (2003-2011), Afghanistan
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Got experience?
Hillary Clinton declared the other day -- apropos of whom, she didn't say, or need to -- "There is one job we can't afford on-the-job training for: our next president." Barack Obama immediately retorted: "My understanding is that she wasn't Treasury...Tags: Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Politics, Heads of State, Illegal Immigrants
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Foreign tourist boards
For tourist information on selected foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at (212) 963-1234, dial 0 and ask for the number of the country's U.N. mission or...Tags: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Belize, National Government, Czech Republic
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Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo throws open the dungeon doors
Italy Descending into the bowels of Rome's Castel Sant'Angelo, visitors are called upon to use their imagination. It is here, in the dungeon beneath this ancient, circular papal fortress, that long-ago enemies of the pontiffs whiled away their time in...Tags: European Union, The Pope, Career and Workplace, Italy, Benvenuto Cellini
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U.N. food aid costlier as need soars
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFor 15 years, he's been a "grocer" for Africa's destitute. But he's never seen anything like this. Pascal Joannes' job is to find grains, beans and oils to fill a food basket for Sudan's neediest people, from Darfur refugees to schoolchildren in the...Tags: Heads of State, Hosni Mubarak, Afghanistan, Family, Children
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Detainees suing U.S. over alleged sedation settle
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTwo foreign nationals who said they were forcibly drugged by U.S. immigration officials during failed efforts to deport them have agreed to a settlement in the case, their attorney said Tuesday. In exchange for dropping the lawsuit, Amadou Diouf, a...Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Deportation, Litigation, Drugs and Medicines
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As a child, Obama crossed a cultural divide in Indonesia
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs a boy in Indonesia, Barack Obama crisscrossed the religious divide. At the local primary school, he prayed in thanks to a Catholic saint. In the neighborhood mosque, he bowed to Allah. Having a personal background in both Christianity and Islam...Tags: Barack Obama, Islam, Teaching and Learning, Madrasas, Elementary Schools
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