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Around the world in 23 days
Phileas Fogg went around the world in 80 days. I did it in 23. And I bet I visited more amazing sites than he — India's Taj Mahal, Easter Island, Tibet, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the African plains, to name a few — all without having to endure...Tags: Hiram Bingham, UNESCO, Natural Resources, Passenger Cars, Mechanicsville (Lehigh, Pennsylvania)
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Abdurrahman Wahid dies at 69; former Indonesian president
Abdurrahman Wahid, who became Indonesia's first democratically elected president in 1999 after half a century of authoritarian rule, died Wednesday in Jakarta. He was 69.
Long in failing health, Wahid left an indelible mark on Indonesia as a liberal...Tags: Islam, Political Corruption, Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Surgery
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UC Press publishes wine books to fill a gap
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 2, 2008 This month, University of California Press releases William A. Ausmus' "Wines & Wineries of California's Central Coast," one of six wine books the Berkeley-based academic press will publish this year and the 23rd wine-focused book...Tags: Science, Seattle, Lifestyle and Leisure, University of Oxford, Alcoholic Beverages
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High adventure in low gear
Special to The TimesThe Southern Alps are behind us now, along with the glaciers and waterfalls and dense rain forests that have been our companions for a week. The 14 of us are normal tourists again, moving about the city on two feet instead of two wheels. We've turned in...Tags: Weather, Natural Resources, Hotels and Accommodations, Jane Fonda, Weather Warnings
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Bin Laden Trail Grows Fainter, Pentagon Says
Times Staff WritersIntelligence reports on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden are drying up, the Pentagon said Monday, as Afghan militia fighters went cave to cave in search of the terrorist leader and what remains of his largely defeated Al Qaeda fighters in Tora Bora....Tags: Islam, Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, George W. Bush, Afghanistan
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American Album
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThere is something vaguely familiar about this wide-swept Texas town. It jars a traveler's memory, whispering softly, "You have been here before." Yet the traveler knows he hasn't, and his mind's eye reaches back, as though examining an old black-and-...Tags: Cybill Shepherd, American Legion, Christianity, Ben Johnson, Peter Bogdanovich
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Geneva District 304 candidates discuss goals
Geneva residents will have eight choices, from retired professionals to a young homeowner to a longtime incumbent, when they choose who will fill four slots on the Geneva Community Unit School District 304 Board of Education. Incumbents Bill Wilson...
Tags: Geneva (Kane, Illinois), Politics, Arthur Andersen, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Album of the Day 1/27/12: Brown Bird - Salt for Salt
I have this crazy numerical system I use that picks what album I'm going to revisit for this daily exercise. However every now and then there is an album I just have to listen to so bad that I buck the system and just go for it. Today that album is Salt...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Physical Fitness and Exercise, Entertainment, Europe, Arts and Culture
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Brown Bird Plays New Haven's Cafe Nine on Dec. 16
Brown Bird
8 p.m. Dec. 16, Cafe Nine, 250 State St. $8. (203) 789-8281, cafenine.com.
This has been a year of change for David Lamb and MorganEve Swain, the Rhode Island-based folk/Americana duo better known as Brown Bird. "Duo" is the operative...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Entertainment, Gillian Welch, Arts and Culture, Music
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Obituary: Harrison Lamb
LIBERTY — Harrison Vincent Lamb, 71, of Liberty, died Wednesday. Born May 30, 1940, in Waynesville, Ohio, he was a son of the late Gilbert and Virgie Turner Lamb. He was a former employee of Durion in Dayton, Ohio. Survivors include his wife,...Tags: Obituaries
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'Platanos and Collard Greens' comes to Purdue
Press ReleasePurdue University's Black and Latino cultural centers are teaming up to present the comedy "Platanos and Collard Greens" on Oct. 13. Read More: Platanos and Collard Greens The play, which is free and open to the public, will be at 8 p.m. in Stewart...Tags: Hispanic and Latino Americans, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Culture, African Americans, Queens (New York City)
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Teen Drug Mules
KTLA NewsMany of them aren't old enough to drive -- but they're old enough to carry drugs into our country. There's a startling trend among young teens: they're trying to smuggle drugs into the U.S. at the request of powerful Mexican drug cartels. KTLA went south...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Teen-agers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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