» Archive for October, 2009

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Air tax increase comes into force

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 by Sports News Guy

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The first of two rises in UK airport departure tax has come into effect, adding up to £30 to the cost of flying.

NYT > World: From Iraq, Lessons for the Next War

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 by Sports News Guy

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A correspondent, leaving Baghdad for Kabul, is struck by the need to see a war-torn society as it is, not as we might wish it to be.A longing to find in another country a mirror of ourselves can push aside the stark reality.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Clinton urges new Mid-East talks

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 by Sports News Guy

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Israeli-Palestinian peace talks must resume "as soon as possible".

NYT > World: Philippines Hit by Typhoon, the 4th Storm in a Month

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 by Sports News Guy

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At least seven people were killed by Typhoon Mirinae, leaving fresh floods and new misery.

NYT > World: The Objects of the Exercise

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 by Sports News Guy

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Which came first — Orhan Pamuk’s museum or his new novel, “The Museum of Innocence”?

NY Post: Yankees: Girardi trusted Swisher would come through

Saturday, October 31st, 2009 by Sports News Guy

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PHILADELPHIA -- This may well have been the game when we saw for the very first time what Joe Girardi's best qualities as a manager really are. Girardi has spent an awful lot of his first postseason on the witness stand, asked to defend himself and h...