MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani Taliban insurgents blew up four schools in the northwestern Swat region Monday hours after a cabinet minister vowed that the government would reopen schools in the violence-plagued valley. The scenic Swat Valley was until recently one of Pakistan's prime tourist destinations but Islamist militants aiming to impose a harsh form of Islamic law began battling security forces in 2007. Residents say the militants are now virtually in complete control of the valley, which is 130 km (80 miles) northwest of Islamabad and not on the Afghan border,...
MERQURY SPEAKS FOR MUSICIANS AND ACTORS
Modern Ghana
Modern Ghana
Choice FM Top presenter, Merqury Quaye, has expressed concern about government's insensitivity to the entertainment industry over the years and has therefore called for sustained, concerted and simultaneous efforts aimed...
Music: 4 for outdoors
Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Basically, if you're stuck indoors listening to live music on a Thursday night between now and the end of summer, you're doing it wrong. Thursday is the night of choice for the best outdoor-music series around town,...
Your East News: June 19, 2009
Syracuse
Syracuse
Nottingham and FM Students Share Experiences for Quilt Students from Nottingham and Fayetteville-Manlius high schools spent a day together learning to build bridges between the schools by learning a little more about...
Rolly: After WGA, there's no place like home for Herbert
The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake Tribune
Updated: 06/18/2009 06:33:31 PM MDT Gov.-in-waiting Gary Herbert is finding that some audiences are easier to play than others. Herbert looked a little like a deer in the headlights Monday during a discussion about...
American Tobacco Campus Hits Another Home Run
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Law Firm Slides Into Innovative Urban Center DURHAM, N.C., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- American Tobacco Campus (ATC) continues its winning streak with a significant new tenant. While many see real estate as slow, ATC's...
Cumberland City's fireworks to be set to music
Nashville Tennessean
Nashville Tennessean
Our tiny neighbor to the southwest, population 316, is at it again, bringing a spectacular fireworks show to the masses starting 9 p.m. Saturday. Cumberland City's Lighting Up The Cumberland fireworks show is so big, it...
Art installation tries to tell Central District intersection's story
Seattle Times
Seattle Times
Whether it's good or bad, everyone - it seems - has something to say about the intersection of 23rd Avenue and East Union Street in Seattle's Central District. In recent years, the intersection has been the scene of...
Eagle Hill Middle School pupil Alyssa Napier driving force behind bowl-a-thon
Syracuse
Syracuse
Photo courtesy of Linda Napier IN THURSDAY'S POST-STANDARD In addition to the profile of Alyssa Napier, tomorrow's edition of East Neighbors in The Post-Standard will feature a story about LaFayette teacher Nancy...
Hundreds of Jackson fans converge on hospital
The Press Democrat
The Press Democrat
Within minutes of Jackson's arrival by ambulance at UCLA Medical Center people began arriving by the hundreds, the crowd quickly filling a grassy entrance outside the hospital. As word spread that Jackson had been...


