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3 new foreign mystery novels that are worth your travel time
Craving a foreign excursion? Try the next best thing – one of these mystery novels set in far-away lands.
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Isabella Stewart Gardner: 5 books about the world's most audacious art theft
These five books – fiction and nonfiction – share a connection to the notorious March 18, 1990, theft of 13 masterworks from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
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'Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye': 5 stories from a family's time near the Arctic
Zac Unger temporarily moved his family to Churchill, Manitoba, to experience life in the polar bear wild. Here are some of his stories from his book "Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye."
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20 best iPhone apps for starters
Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction.
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C. S. Lewis: 10 quotes on his birthday
Here are 10 quotes to mark the birthday of C.S. Lewis, author of the beloved children's series "The Chronicles of Narnia."
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Northern Ireland: powersharing dispute threatens to freeze peace process
Northern Ireland's pro-British DUP and Irish republican Sinn Féin failed Friday to agree on bringing policing and justice under local control. If a stalemate continues, it could result in the collapse of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Is once-maligned Irish language the marker of a new Ireland elite?
A new study finds the Irish language, once seen as the tongue of the poorer and less-educated even in Ireland, is a marker of an economic elite.
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A Mountain of Crumbs
A writer recalls a Soviet childhood, lived at the height of the cold war.
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Twitter terror? Man arrested for venting about canceled flight.
Briton Paul Chambers says he was only venting when he wrote on Twitter that he might blow an airport "sky-high." He's the first person arrested in Britain for a tweet, and he's banned for life from his local airport.
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Want an MBA from an entrepreneurial hot spot? Look to Israel.
An Israeli MBA doesn't have the prestige of better-known programs, but it offers American-style academic rigor, a dynamic entrepreneurial atmosphere, and a lower price tag.
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How cold is Europe? Even Norway's buses can't take it.
Bus engine oil is freezing in Norway, and Ireland is reporting its lowest temps in 50 years. In Britain, which looks like a baby Greenland on satellite images, Prime Minister Gordon Brown is turning into the nation's weather comforter-in-chief.
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Leap Year: movie review
‘Leap Year’ is a comfy fantasy whose final destination is obvious.
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Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab: British police look into London connection
The Nigerian man arrested Friday for trying to destroy Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdul Mattallab, is being investigated by London authorities. He reportedly had an apartment there, and had been an engineering student at University College London.
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Child abuse scandal rocks Irish republican leader Gerry Adams
Irish republican leader Gerry Adams, once seen as a likely future president of Ireland, stands accused of failing to protect children from sexual predators after his niece said she was abused by his brother. It could derail his political career.
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Best of 2009 poetry: "The Looking House" by soldier-poet Fred Marchant
"The Looking House" by Fred Marchant was selected by BarnesandNobleReview.com as one of the best poetry books of 2009.
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Ireland, once a Catholic bastion, promises civil unions for same-sex couples
Ireland, amid fast cultural change, is set to approve civil unions for same sex couples.
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World Cup draw: US, England, France get good slots in South Africa
FIFA settled the World Cup draw in South Africa today ahead of next summer's tournament. The US will face off against England and minnows Algeria and Slovenia.
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Ireland report into abuse by Catholic priests finds police coverup
Ireland released a report into 30 years of Catholic priest abuse of children in Dublin that found the police frequently looked the other way to protect accused clerics.
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No quick recovery for charitable giving
The Great Recession has hurt charitable giving — and may keep on doing so for some time
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ECONOMIC SCENE: No quick recovery for charitable giving
The Great Recession has hurt charitable giving — and may keep on doing so for some time
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Opinion: Tempest over Thierry Henry's handball in Ireland-France soccer match: Get over it.
Irish fans should give up their hopes of a rematch and simply accept, no matter how much it hurts, that France won by breaking the rules.
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World Cup qualifier: France gets a hand in win over Ireland
France prevailed in World Cup qualifier over Ireland. A handball by Thierry Henry allowed him to tap the ball to teammate William Gallas, who headed it in for a goal.
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World Cup: Ireland vs. France has boys in green seeking miracle
The Ireland vs. France World Cup qualifier in Paris tonight promises passion as the boys in green seek a miracle. But it probably won't have the violence that marred the Algeria-Egypt match.
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Irish priest kidnapped in Philippines released
Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott, who had been kidnapped by militants in the Philippines, was released Wednesday night to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which handed him to the Filipino government as a goodwill gesture.
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The EU's next step after the Lisbon treaty: Choose a president
The European Union is tossing around names for who could be the 'George Washington of Europe,' with Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy a top name. The EU is expected to decide by mid-November.
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EU presidency would be bully pulpit for Blair
Tony Blair is the most likely candidate, but would he preach his personal views, or commit the EU to intervention?
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A private space industry is born
Human spaceflight today may be where the satellite business was early on: Governments initially handled everything, but eventually companies took over the business.
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Could IRA splinter groups bring back Northern Ireland's Troubles?
IRA splinter groups like the Continuity IRA have stepped up attacks in Northern Ireland. While they have a hard core and cause some mayhem, they are unlikely to spark a broader conflict.
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In Pictures: Seven Wonders of Nature finalists
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After the fall of the wall: Germans long to downsize their role
Germany's postwar internationalism seems to be giving way to parochialism.
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