Five books published in fourteen years have firmly established Alice Munro among Canada's best writers of prose fiction. Her form is the short story, and her material is largely the experience of a gi...
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Hong Kong (dpa) - Loneliness and being out of touch is something
the elderly all over the world complain about. The world has moved on
to become something quite different fr...
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Washington (dpa) - Separating boys and girls in school has long
been considered reactionary in the United States, but the practice
has experienced a renaissance since a ruli...
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An atheist group says North Dakota officials are using public money to religiously indoctrinate young people at the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch, according to a federal lawsuit.The Freedom From Reli...
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The Hold Steady’s second album, Separation Sunday, starts late at night, in a quiet, dirty room. As lead singer Craig Finn tells it in the opening verse, the girl looks down at what’s l...
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Staffers at a school for the emotionally disturbed conducted their own investigation of a 13-year-old girl's rape claim and even tried to collect evidence before calling authorities, a police chief...
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Japan, S. Korea hold security talks, N. Korea likely on agenda
TOKYO - Japan and South Korea held senior-level security talks
in Tokyo on Thursday, with the North Korean nuclear ...
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Hamburg (dpa) - Parents should not allow their children to surf on
the internet alone. That's the only way to protect boys and girls
from encountering violent and pornograph...
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Islamabad (dpa) - Authorities imposed a curfew around a mosque in
the centre of Islamabad at 2130 GMT Tuesday, after day-long religious
battles left 11 people dead and about...
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