Author of over thirty books for young readers and a dozen titles for adults, Jill Paton Walsh is noted for her works which deal realistically with life, death, and maturation. While her novels vary wi...
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Jill Paton Walsh explores basic human concerns--love, death, and maturation--in novels that appeal to readers of all ages. In addition to the historical novels for which she is best known, she has wri...
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Proposals to take the torch relay through Taiwan and Tibet for the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be evaluated this month by the IOC, a run that would take the race through politically charged territor...
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Mia Farrow joined genocide survivors in a torch-lighting ceremony Wednesday at a Rwandan school where thousands died in a 100-day frenzy of killings in 1994.The 62-year-old actress, whose screen cr...
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China is ready to hold the Olympic torch relay without Taiwan, meaning the 85,000-mile route _ billed as the largest on record _ may bypass the breakaway island with which China has disputed sovere...
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The improper use of a cutting torch ignited an underground methane gas explosion that killed five coal miners last year, and the mine operator was fined $336,000 for the violations, federal investi...
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A fire at the Monte Carlo casino-hotel was caused by flying molten metal from a hand-held cutting torch used by workers who did not have proper permits, fire officials said Thursday.Workers were cu...
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Gilbert Arenas set a franchise record with 60 points, 16 of them in overtime, to lead the Washington Wizards to a 147-141 victory over Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.In a Ko...
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Burning Man became Burnt Man four days early, and a San Francisco performance artist was arrested on suspicion of igniting the signature figure of the counterculture festival in the remote Nevada d...
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Torch relay proposals to be evaluated
