Articles tagged "england"

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London of 2008 gets closer to ‘1984,’ troubling some Britons

by Laurie Goering [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[28.Oct.08] :. LONDON - Each day, the average London resident is filmed 300 times as he or she walks their children to school, takes the train to the office or relaxes after work at a sidewalk cafe. Britain has 4.2...

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Young British Muslims putting their faith in Facebook

by Tom Hundley and Margaret Ramirez [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[14.Feb.08] :. LONDON—Sabia Naz from Hounslow wanted to know if it was haram—forbidden—for pious Muslim women to show their feet in public. Ali Imdad, a student from Leicester, was interested in...

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TRAVELOGUE: A decade after Diana

by Gary A. Warner [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[16.Aug.07] :. She’ll always be 36. Beautiful. Stylish. Wistful eyes, but sparkling smile. The center of a dysfunctional royal fairy tale with a surprise grisly ending. It was 10 years ago this summer that...

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Penny Lane not cashing in on Fab 4

by Tom Hundley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[30.Jul.07] :. LIVERPOOL, England—It was John Lennon’s street, but Paul McCartney’s song. “Penny Lane” was released as a single 40 years ago, and it heralded a new level of musical...

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