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Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an...
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Ahmadinejad ready to join talks with US, but insists on rights
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said he was ready to join nuclear talks...
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Bauhaus To Mark Birthday In 2009
Weimar, Germany - The eastern German city of Weimar has become a popular destination for...
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Eisenstadt Celebrates Haydn With A Feast Of Music
Eisenstadt, Austria - Tranquil little Eisenstadt will come alive to the sound of classical music in...
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Buddenbrooks Film Touches A Nerve In Recession-hit Germany
Hamburg - Rarely has the adaptation of an historical work of fiction touched the nerve of the times...
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The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Mexican Faith Symbol
The Virgin of Guadalupe or Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Roman Catholic icon from Mexico, which...
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Authors Saviano, Rushdie Say Free Speech Under Threat
Stockholm - Freedom of speech is under threat worldwide Italian author Roberto Saviano and British...
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Sister Emmanuelle dies at age 99 after life-long fight to aid poor
Paris - Sister Emmanuelle, the unorthodox and popular Belgian-born French nun who spent her life...
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American Literature – Eliminated A Priori From the Nobel Run?
For years, Americans have been complaining that the Swedish
Academy is turning a blind eye to...
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Wins Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to French writer
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, renowned...
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The 2008 Nobel For Physics Shared By Three Reseachers
The Nobel committee offered the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics
to two Japanese scientists and a...
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Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine
One German and two French scientists won
the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
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Alternative Nobel Prize to Peace Work, Social Justice
Stockholm - Winners from Germany, India, Somalia and the United States were cited Wednesday for...
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Thousands Of Mourners Pay Tribute To Nobel Author Solzhenitsyn
Thousands of mourners paid tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the former dissident Russian Nobel...
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Russian Nobel Winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dies At 89
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Nobel prize winner for
literature,died at age 89, the news agency...
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Airport Bomb Suspect Defends Himself
Kevin Christopher Brown, the 32-year-old Jamaican taken into custody on Tuesday at the Orlando...
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Bomb Scare at Orlando Airport
Kevin Brown, a 32 year-old Jamaican citizen, was arrested yesterday at the Orlando International...
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Saudi Monarch To Be Welcomed by the Queen
The Queen is to receive King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia in a ceremonial welcome including a banquet...
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Former US Vice President Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The efforts of the former US Vice President Al Gore to avert
and highlight the threat of climate...
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Iran Takes Salman Rushdie’s Knighthood As Personal Offence
Best-selling Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on...
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Nobel laureate's papers found in rubble of German archives
Cologne, Germany - A novelist's papers, including the scroll awarding him the 1972 Nobel Prize for...
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“The Secret Life of Bees” Named Outstanding Film at Image Awards
“The Secret Life of Bees,” starring Dakota Fanning, Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson,...
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Neil Gaiman’s “The Graveyard Book” Gets Newbery Medal
“The Graveyard Book” was considered to be the most important contribution brought to...
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Neil Gaiman Blogs About Newbery Medal For ‘The Graveyard Book’
Widely popular fantasy writer Neil Gaiman is “amazed and delighted” after being awarded...
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200 Years of Edgar Allan Poe
The day that marks Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th anniversary is that of 19th of January 2009....
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Edgar Allan Poe at the 200th Commemoration
On January 19, 1809, poet Edgar Allan Poe was born, a man who would leave an undeniable...
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British novelist Terry Pratchett honoured with knighthood
London - British comic fantasy novelist Terry Pratchett has been given a knighthood for his...
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Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter Dies at 78
British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, who has been considered the most influential and...
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Christmas as We Know it is Richer Thanks to Charles Dickens
In his book, “The Man Who Invented Christmas” (2008), Lee Standiford keeps boasting the...
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Baby Born With Brain Tumor Containing Foot
When surgeons operated on three-day old Sam Esquibel in order to remove a tumor they had spotted...
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J.K. Rowlings’ ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’ Hit Stores, Sold Out
J.K. Rowlings’ new book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" hit the shelves yesterday...
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Fertility Patients In A Quandary
Many American women who have successfully followed fertility treatments aren't contended with the...
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J.K. Rowling Publishes Another Book
Fans of J.K Rowling will be happy to hear that one of her books, which was published in just 7...
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Novelist Juan Marse wins "Spanish Nobel"
Madrid - Novelist Juan Marse, 75, was Thursday awarded the Cervantes Prize, regarded as the...
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Italian author Saviano and Rushdie discuss threats
Stockholm - Italian author Roberto Saviano and British- Indian author Salman Rushdie at a lecture...
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Annette Gordon-Reed Wins National Book Awards
This year’s National Book Awards was a very special edition as the grand winner is an...
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Everyday Reality Reflected Artistically at 2008 Prix Europa
Berlin - TV and radio producers, directors and commissioning editors have begun flooding into...
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Pamuk criticizes blockage of YouTube access in Turkey
Frankfurt - Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, criticized Turkey on...
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Nobel Jury Suspects Leak Due to Many Bettors Speculating on Le Clezio
Was French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio known as a
favorite to win this year’s Nobel Prize...
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French Writer Le Clézio Recipient of 2008 Nobel Literature Prize
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has become the 14th French
writer to won the Nobel Prize in...
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Nobel Prize for Literature Goes To France
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a French successful novelist, children’s author and essayist was...
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Spanish Wikipedia erroneously announces Le Clezio's death
Madrid - The Spanish edition of the internet encyclopedia Wikipedia on Thursday erroneously said...
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The Nobel Prize for Literature Goes to French Writer Le Clezio
Thursday,
October 9, French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio was awarded the
Nobel Prize for...
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Nobel Prize in Literature Goes to France’s Le Clezio
French writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, whose early
works stood out for their rich and...
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French Author Le Clezio Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Stockholm - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, 58, of France was awarded this year's Nobel prize for...
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The Nobel Prize In Chemistry Shared By Three Scientists
The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded today to two Americans
and one Japanese for their...
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Japanese, US Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Stockholm - Three US-based researchers shared the Nobel prize for chemistry Wednesday for work on...
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The 2008 Nobel Prize For Physics Shared By Three Reseachers
The Nobel committee offered the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics
to two Japanese scientists and a...
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German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries
Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
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The Ig Nobels – Far From Ignoble
Harvard hosted, yet again, the 2008 edition of the Ig Nobel Awards. “Ig Nobel” is a clever...
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Health
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Too Little Sleep May Triple the Risk of Catching a Cold
Getting more sleep is always good for our health. Whether it prevents heart disease and...
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Doctors Discover a Foot Inside a Baby Brain
Sam Esquibel had only three days since he had been born when doctors operated him on a brain tumor....
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Baby Born With Foot In Brain
US surgeons had to deal with a very unusual case, when they had to operate on a baby boy, believing...
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Six Myths Debunked By Researchers
A recent report released by researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine,...
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Colon Cancer Screening Recommended Between Age 50 And 75
According to the US Preventive Services Task Force’ recommendations, people after age 75 who have...
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2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Three AIDS, Cervical Cancer Researchers
2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
has been awarded to the German scientist Harald zur...
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Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine
One German and two French scientists won
the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
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Study Says: Literature Helps Obese Kids Lose Weight
Does the link between reading and losing weight ring you a bell? Of course it doesn’t! I bet you...
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Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Issues Warning On Cell Phone Risks
For many years, studies have tried to warn about the
repercussions of cell phone use on our...
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FDA Says J&J Psoriasis Drug Could Increase Cancer Risk
The FDA reviwers noted in a analysis released on Friday that
the experimental psoriasis drug,...
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Study on Cell Phones Affecting Fetus May Raise Unnecessary Alarm
A study by researchers at the Universities of California,
Los Angeles and Aarhus, Denmark, linking...
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Children at High Risk of Delusion and PTSD after Intensive Care
Nearly one in three children admitted in pediatric intensive
care units (PICU) will have...
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Merck Faces Criticism for Unorthodox Methods in Vioxx Promotion
Two studies appearing today in the Journal of the American
Medical Association have prompted the...
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‘Mobile Phone May Kill You Faster than Smoking’ Study Contested
Recent research on mobile phones and their negative effects
on people’s health, leading even to...
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Beware of the Mobile Phone! It Can Kill You Faster than Smoking
New research has revealed that mobile phones are more
injurious to people’s health than smoking....
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Eating Habits Differentiate between Men and Women
When it comes to eating habits, men and women reinforce the
old saying they come from different...
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Diabetes Study Halted Abruptly After Unexpected Deaths
A vast diabetes study which looked at the effects of aggressively lowering blood glucose levels to...
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Smoking Linked to Sleep Problems
Smoking seems to have consequences on sleep too a new study reveled.
Scientists from...
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Negative Antidepressant Studies Less Likely To Be Published
What is the truth about
antidepressant drugs? A recent inquiry revealed that over a third of...
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Acclaimed Poet, Biographer, Feminist Diane Middlebrook Passes away at 68
Diane Middlebrook, a leading feminist scholar known for her acclaimed biographies of poets Anne...
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Honey May Ease Children’s Cough, Study Says
Already various studies have proved the antibacterial and antiseptic
properties of honey, but it...
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US and UK Researchers In Genetics Get Nobel 2007 Medicine Prize
The successful manipulation of embryonic mice cells by a
research team formed by Sir Martin Evans,...
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Men with Chronic Heart Failure Can Still Enjoy Sex
Having chronic heart failure does not necessarily mean sexual activity comes to a full stop for...
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New Study: Abortion Pills Not Affecting Later Pregnancies
A recent study has showed that the ultimate way of abortion,
the abortion pills, do not seem to...
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Echinacea Could Prevent Colds, Study Says
According to a study published online and in the July
edition of The Lancet Infectious...
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People
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Nottage only second black woman to win Pulitzer for drama
New York - Black women always play central roles in the plays of US playwright Lynn Nottage.
In...
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Fellow Writers Remember Late US Novelist John Updike
Tributes to Pulitzer Prize winner John Updike, who died Tuesday after losing the battle with lung...
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer John Updike Died at 76
John Updike filed the literature with poetry, novels, short stories and literary criticism works....
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Neil Gaiman Honored with the Newbery Medal
Author Neil Gaiman has been honored with the most prestigious writing award in American...
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200 Years of Edgar Allan Poe
The day that marks Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th anniversary is that of 19th of January 2009....
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Poet Edgar Allan Poe at 200
Edgar Allan Poe wrote poetry, short-stories, and literary critics while making his way through the...
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Nobel Prize Laureate Harold Pinter Died on Christmas’ Eve
Harold Pinter lived his life through literature’s most important fields. Born in 1930, Pinter...
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Harold Pinter, a Playwright Who Really Made a Difference, Died on Christmas Eve
Harold Pinter’s wife announced the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s death after a long...
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Goodbye to Father of “sci-fi” – Forrest Ackerman Dies
Forrest J. Ackerman was sometimes an actor, literary
agent, magazine editor and suave eccentric....
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Died at 89 in Moscow
Brilliant Russian literature Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn has died at 89 in Moscow....
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Serbian-American Charles Simic the U.S. Poet Laureate
The Yugoslav-born poet Charles
Simic has been announced by the Library of Congress to be the new...
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“Gulag” Author Solzhenitsyn Will Receive Russian State Prize for Humanities
Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn will be awarded the prestigious Russian State Prize for work...
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