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See you in my new home: TODAY

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My New Address: Today

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Mayonnaise, no Ketchup A Texas woman was sentenced to 10 years in jail for running over the manager of a McDonald's with her car because she wanted mayonnaise on her cheeseburger. Nolan, 37, showed no emotion Thursday as the sentence was read in court following a trial in which the McDonald's manager, Sherry Jenkins, said she gave Nolan the mayonnaise she requested, but she flew into a rage

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Stolen tombstone returned to Iran An ancient tombstone stolen from a mosque in Iran has been returned to the Iranian Embassy in London. The Metropolitan police said their arts and antiques unit, which worked with Interpol to find the tombstone, seized it from a London-based antiques dealer who was trying to sell it for £100,000 ($170,000). The 900-year-old tombstone, or funerary mihrab, is

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Historic maths problem 'cracked' A 22-year-old student at Stockholm University, Elin Oxenhielm, may have solved part of one of mathematics' greatest unsolved problems. Called Hilbert's problem 16, it has confounded workers for over a century. But in a few hours of inspiration she may have seen the light. Her solution is to be published in a maths journal. Her research into so-called planar

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Congo ferry death toll reaches 163 At least 163 people were drowned when two ferries collided on a lake in Democratic Republic of Congo, more than the 50 initially reported missing, the government said on Thursday. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs said 222 people escaped from the disaster involving two ferries carrying an estimated 450-500 people. The accident occurred on Monday during a storm.

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Is this Mocondo? Today we have a new governor in the state of California who is going to fix all of our problems in two hours after we finish our popcorn and soda pop right? Well in this State we just had a firestorm and a very strange hale along with rain which flooded parts of Los Angles in three hours. All this reminds me of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Mocondo. I do live in Mocondo don’t I?

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Nathan Pidcock poses with his mother, in their home Monday, Nov. 10, 2003, in Riverton, Utah. The 5-year-old says a toe on his left foot was pricked by a hypodermic needle inside a shoe on Halloween at a Wal-Mart store in Sandy, Utah. His mother is asking the world's largest discount retailer to pay for his HIV and hepatitis tests. Pidcock has not heard from the company about her request. (A.P.)

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Iranian-Americans among most educated groups in the U.S. According to a recent fact sheet released by the Iranian Studies group at MIT (ISG) in Cambridge, MA, an independent academic group focusing on social, economic and political issues of Iran and Iranians, the Iranian-American community is among the most educated ethnic groups in the U. S. Based on the census ancestry data, Iranian-Americans

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Worst California Wildfires! Some of the worst wildfires in California in the past seven decades, based on number of deaths, buildings destroyed or acreage burned: - October 1999: Jones Fire, near Redding in Shasta County. One volunteer firefighter killed, 176 homes and hundreds of other buildings destroyed, 26,200 acres of land burned. Cause believed to be accidental. - November 1993:

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Iranian poem A poem by Hafez (Iran,1320-1389 a.d.): O pious of the heart, I am lost in a love, so great O pain the hidden secrets will become open debate. Shipwrecked we just float, O favorable wind arise, May we one more time gaze upon that familiar trait. Passage of time and the stars, are but what we fantasize For compassion and kindness, it is never too late. In the circle of wine and roses

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Fiji village to say sorry for eating English missionary! A remote Fiji mountain village which killed and ate an English missionary 136 years ago will next month offer a traditional apology to the man's descendants, local media reported here yesterday. Reverend Thomas Baker of the London Missionary Society was killed by the people of Navatusila on July 21, 1867, after he took a comb out of a

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Nobel Prize Winner The Nobel Peace Prize award for Iranian lawyer-activist Shirin Ebadi may do more than place her in the rarified company of history-shapers such as Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa. It could hand Iranian reformers what they've been craving: a leader with the clout to rattle the entrenched theocracy. Ebadi — who also is Iran's first female judge — was praised around the world as

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Pope in last days One of Europe's top cardinals said Thursday that Pope John Paul II was nearing "the last days and months of his life," the first ranking prelate to say the 83-year-old pontiff is dying. Karol Wojtyla (pronounced Voy-tee-wah) was elected pope on 16 October 1978, becoming the Catholic Church's first non-Italian pontiff in over 450 years and history's first Slavic pope. He took

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Iranian's english weblogs Blogs by iranians

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Governor with best special effects! six days before the Oct. 7 gubernatorial recall election, Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that, if elected, he would spend his first day in office rescinding a tripling of the state car tax, and also repeal a new law giving drivers' licenses to undocumented immigrants. (wow!) Schwarzenegger was buoyed by a Los Angeles Times poll showing the recall

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Renamed Dorval Airport for Pierre Trudeau! Despite opposition from hard-line separatists in Quebec, the government on Tuesday renamed Montreal's Dorval Airport for former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau's legacy remains contentious in Quebec nearly three years after his death from cancer on Sept. 28, 2000. Separatists blame him for thwarting their independence aspirations, while

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Canadians Pan Government-Backed Marijuana Some of the first patients to smoke Canada's government-approved marijuana say it is "disgusting" and they want their money back. Health Canada, the federal health department, started selling marijuana in July to bring relief to patients suffering from AIDS , cancer and other diseases. The move followed a court order that patients should not be forced to

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Chronology of developments in the Iran nuclear stand-off ! France-Presse (via ClariNet): Iran toughened its stance against snap inspections of its atomic energy program, warning it may reconsider its cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog as Western countries turn up the heat. Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi denounced the "arrogance" and "extremist posture" of certain countries, as the

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Iranian first lady meets Mandela! France-Presse: Iranian first lady Zohreh Sadeghi arrived in Johannesburg Wednesday for a four-day visit focussed on discussing ways to empower women. Sadeghi, the wife of Iran's Mohammad Khatami, was invited by her South African counterpart, Zanele Mbeki. Shortly after her arrival, she met with former president Nelson Mandela at his offices in Johannesburg. "

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Kazakhstan to export oil via Iran Iran is to upgrade its port facilities to help its northern neighbor, Kazakhstan, export as many as 120,000 to 360,000 barrels of crude oil per day to other countries as of next year. Iran`s Minister of Roads and Transportation Ahmad Khorram told on the sidelines of the seventh session of Tehran-Almaty Joint Economic, Cultural, Scientific and Technical Commission

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600-year-old Iranian Village in China Iranians’ village outside Yungju town in Jiangsu province is more than 600 years old with its residents living by Iranian traditions, while even some of them look like Iranians. At the entrance of the village, the people have built a monument paying tribute to the Iranians who lived there. The name of the village "the Parsian Village” is engraved in Persian

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Canada bans passport smiles Canada has banned the public from smiling or frowning for passport photos, the foreign ministry announced. Canadians must send a photo with "a neutral expression -- that means no laughing, smiles, frowning," said ministry spokeswoman Suzanne Meunier. "The mouth must be closed," she added. The new measure came into force on August 15, but the spokeswoman said the

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commemoration of Farhad Ceremonies in commemoration of Farhad Mehrad, the pop singer, are to be held in Thiais tomb on August 30.Mehrad website reports that a collection of Farhad’s works, entitled `150 Farhads’, would be published within framework of five albums. The collection contains all works of Farhad, his biography, and his solos during medical treatment in Paris.he album also contains

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Idi Amin Dies Idi Amin, who called himself "a pure son of Africa," but whose bizarre and murderous eight years as president of Uganda typified the continent's worst dictatorships, died Saturday. He was believed to be 80. Amin, who had lived for years in exile in this Saudi port city, died at 8:20 a.m at King Faisal Specialist hospital, a hospital official said on condition of anonymity. Amin had

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U.S.A. enters Caspian Sea! United States naval officers have begun joint exercises with Azerbaijan's navy to improve security for oil installations in the Caspian Sea, Azeri Defence Minister Safar Abbiyev said Wednesday. "The joint exercises...are designed to develop procedures for protecting offshore oil fields from terrorist attacks," Abbiyev told journalists, adding that they started Wednesday

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One death every 24 minutes on Iran's roads Some 22,000 were killed in road accidents last year in Iran, equivalent to one death every 24 minutes, a transport ministry official told Tehran dailies Saturday. During the Iranian year, which runs from March 21 to March 20, someone was injured every three minutes in 2002-03, Ahmad Majidi was quoted as saying. Half of all those killed were aged between

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Iran to produce Mitsubishi Pajero Private Iranian automaker Bahman Khodro is to produce 3,000-5,000 units of Japanese Mitsubishi Motors' Pajero from 2004, the head of the company said Tuesday. He said the company would produce both standard and luxury models of the four-wheel drive Pajero. He did not provide financial details. Iran has recently approved car imports, with a heft duty, to ease the

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Beckham Targeted By Terrorist Group According to reports, Real Madrid midfielder David Beckham has been the subject of a bomb threat by the Basque Separatist terrorist group ETA. The Daily Express says that Beckham has received a serious warning from the group, who have undertaken a war for independence from Spain for the past 30 years.

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'Persepolis' paints Iran from a kid's perspective Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, an Iranian artist living in Paris, is a memoir of growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution that deposed the shah. With the recent publication of two other Iranian memoirs, Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas and Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Persepolis offers readers another link to understanding a

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Iran rejects report on letter to US Iran on Thursday rejected a press report on President Khatami's alleged letter to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, asking the two countries to continue their secret and direct talks in Geneva. The Saudi newspaper Al Watan on Wednesday quoted unnamed European diplomats as saying that President Khatami in a

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An Iranian-American Runs for Governor This the first time in history that a Iranian-American is running for such a high office. Dr. Badiozamani is running as an independent. His agenda includes saving California from bankruptcy through implementation of sound economic policies, bringing honesty and transparency to the government, and tackling the ever-increasing traffic problem. We believe he has

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Iran won Asian Futsal cup Iran ranked first in the finals of the Fifth Asian Futsal Championships which ended here on Tuesday. Playing in the finals against Japan at the 12,000-seater hall of Azadi Sports Complex, 10 km west of Tehran, Iran beat its strong opponent 6-4 to grab the cup.

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Mars is comming close! Mars is getting ready for its close-up, with the red planet coming as near to Earth this month as it has in almost 60,000 years. Its closest pass will come on Aug. 27 at 5:51 a.m. EDT, when Mars will be less than 34.65 million miles away. The last time it came nearer was around Sept. 12 in 57,617 B.C. when Mars came about 25,000 miles closer, at a distance of 34.62 million

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Hi I started my persian blogging on April, 2003 and today i decided to start an english weblog. I started it to progress my english language, just for writing, just for reading and just for talking. i hope the same as my persian weblog, to have some readers that take a look on my weblog everyday, because i know if i have some readers, i will write more and more...

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