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BOOKS A sample of the week's best sellers
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 9/4/2006; 464 words
; International Herald Tribune 09-04-2006 BRAZILFiction1. ''O cacador de pipas,'' by Khaled Hosseini (Nova Fronteira)2. ''O livreiro de Cabul,'' by Asne Seisrstad (Record)3. ''O ultimo templario,'' by Raymond Khoury (Ediouro)4. ''Quando Nietzsche Chorou,'' by Irvin...
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Benefits cheat must pay back pounds 22,366.(News)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 2/2/2006; 95 words
; ...frau-dently claimed thousands of pounds in benefits has been caught and ordered to pay the money back. Mandy Miller, 31, of Cabul Close, pleaded guilty to three charges of benefit fraud at War-rington crown court. She falsely claimed pounds 22,366 from the...
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Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/25/1996; 114 words
; ...FL, died Sept. 24, 1996. Survived by companion Jennie Pratico of Bradenton and sister Rose Pauli of Milwaukee, WI. Member of Cabul Masonic Lodge #116 of Green Cove Springs, FL, York Rite Bodies, Palatka, FL, Scottish Rite Valley of Tampa FL. Memorial Mass...
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Travel: Worst guidebook prize
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/24/1994; ; 287 words
; ...Woolwich in south-east London to Bombay. Those preferring to travel overland were guided through Constantinople (now Istanbul) and Cabul (Kabul), whence you could pick up a passing camel across the Gomul Pass to the Punjab. Then, 21 years ago, the budget travel...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1901: Afghan War
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 10/11/2001; 121 words
; ...preparations of a warlike nature are going on and that troops are being concentrated from all quarters in the interior towards Cabul. Several of the Afghan frontier posts have been reinforced considerably, and in some guns have been mounted. The supposition...
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Council tackles grot spots.(News)
Newspaper article from: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 4/6/2002; 79 words
; ...repairing fences and doing small painting jobs. A street scene team of five workers will work in four areas ? St Katherine's Street, Cabul and Quebec Close, Watkin Street and Leicester Street/Whitecross Road ? and if successful will be deployed in other areas.
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Sir Alan makes his apprentices feel at home
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 3/20/2008; ; 382 words
; ...series. The gated home lies in the heart of a residential area near the Thames nick- named Little India. All the roads (Afghan, Cabul, Candahar and Khyber) were named to commemorate the second Afghan war (1878-1881). Among the features in the 7,000 sq ft home...
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Diary of an estate agent; A broody Jack Russell sends its neighbours barking, while a rent row and hasty flat-swap keep one Battersea agent busy.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 5/31/2006; 523 words
; ...was a viewing in Little India, an area between Clapham Junction station and Battersea, so named because the roads are called Cabul, Khyber, Afghan and Candahar (I'm not sure if the person who dreamed up the Little India description had a firm grasp of geography...
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Restoring to health; The lowdown: All you need to know about renovation. By Barbara Chandler.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 3/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and steel work, making staircases and security grilles and repairing gates and railings. JH Porter and Son, 13 Cranleigh Mews, Cabul Road, SW11 (020 7978 5576). This forge moved from Kensington to Battersea, where it continues to do all iron and steel repairs...
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Victorian Writers and the Image of Empire: The Rose-Colored Vision. .(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and many others once enjoyed great popularity among both young people and adults. With titles like For Name and Fame, or To Cabul with Roberts, these books satisfied the public's appetite for tales of adventure in exotic locales while affirming that no matter...
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