President Hu spends new-year eve with Gansu farmers China Economic Net
Chinese President Hu Jintao marked the eve of the Year of Boar by frying dough twists, eating steamed potatoes and cutting paper window decorations with poor farmers in the barren countryside of northwestern Gansu Province.
Richard Wright discussions begin The Natchez Democrat
NATCHEZ — Natchez native Richard Wright’s works were the topic of discussion Thursday night and will be for the next year. The first discussion meeting for “Richard Wright on the Eve of his 100th Birthday” was well attended.
NIA ties up with Audatex News Today
New India Assurance has signed up with global motor claims solutions provider Audatex for online processing of motor claims. This tie-up. coming on the eve of motor de-tariff, will help New India Assurance in processing and controlling motor claims faster and claims administration costs.
Search for Miss Hertfordshire Hemel Hempstead Gazette
Entries are being sought for Miss Hertfordshire 2007, the finals for which will be at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage on May 28th. As usual, the competition will be supporting a local charity.
New colleges aim to be more than residential The Yale Herald
Students and faculty voice concern about changing the undergraduate experience.
Another model falls victim of anorexia Moldova.org
Anorexia is considered to be a professional disease of many catwalk models. It leads to depression, weakness and to much more serious health problems. The amount of death cases caused by anorexia continues to grow. A teenage model whose sister starved herself to death has also died of suspected anorexia. Eliana Ramos, 18, collapsed six months after her sister Luisel had a heart attack during a
Head of the class Pioneering journalist Les Brownlee had a need to achieve Chicago Sun-Times
There are good and bad things about writing an autobiography when the lights are flickering. Les Brownlee was 80 when he first sat down at his typewriter.
Stern is the brunt of jokes -- for engagement Reuters via Yahoo! News
Maverick radio host Howard Stern, who once publicly vowed never to marry again, has announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, model Beth Ostrosky.
Sister of tragic 'size zero' model found dead Daily Telegraph
A model has died of suspected malnutrition just months after the death of her elder sister prompted an international debate on underweight "size zero" models.
Catwalk girl, 18, dies six months after her model sister starved herself to death Evening Standard
A teenage model whose sister starved herself to death has also died of suspected anorexia.
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