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Years before he was a soldier seized by Palestinian militants, 11-year-old Gilad Schalit penned a simple parable about how enemies can get along. His story, "When the Shark and the Fish First Met," has now been published as a children's book that teaches tolerance — while its author, now 21, spends his 19th month captive in the Gaza Strip. picked by mitzuzake 6 months ago tags Israel Palestine Gaza author tolerance |
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Author Harper Lee is to be given America's highest civilian honour by President George W Bush for her outstanding contribution to literature. Her only novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which was a plea for racial tolerance, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. If someone can add a more appropriate pic that would be great. 9 comments edit related share plime.compicked by Turtle 9 months ago |
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Four years after he published his bloody bestseller, Krystian Bala has found himself on trial for the same torture and murder that he detailed in his novel. picked by deepchill 12 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A leading children's author was told to drop a fire-breathing dragon shown in a new book - because the publishers feared they could be sued under health and safety regulations. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 13 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A letter sent to Bush, signed by a formidable group of foreign policy experts outline ideas on making a peace treaty between Israel and Palestine possible. May be far-fetched, but you have to start somewhere. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Directed by Jonas Cuarón.Alfonso Cuarón,director of Children of Men, and Naomi Klein, author of No Logo, present a short film from Klein's book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. picked by Turtle 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
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19-year old Catherine Banner is celebrating her latest book's publication, The Eyes Of A King. There are already talks about a movie version. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago 6 comments edit related share entertainment |
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A US soldier has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering three detainees during a raid on a suspected al-Qaeda compound in Iraq last year. picked by teaya21 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A soldier convicted of rape and murder in an attack on an Iraqi teenager and her family was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in prison. picked by kxmk 12 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is trying to stop a fan of the books from publishing an unauthorized reference work, called the "Harry Potter Lexicon." picked by muppet 5 months ago 6 comments edit related share plime.com |
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The tormented author died of pneumonia at the age of 81. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Madeleine L'Engle, the author of that great book, A Wrinkle In Time, loved by multiple generations of kids and adults went to that big tesseract in the sky. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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History textbooks for Israeli Arab students this year will for the first time present the Palestinian version of Israel’s creation as a “catastrophe.” picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share world |
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In a precedent-setting decision, an Israeli court has ruled that a dead soldier's family can have his sperm impregnated into the body of a woman he never met - agreeing to register any children born as a result of the insemination as children (heirs) of the deceased. picked by Browntrout 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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After 20 years preaching the gospel of nudity, the author of skinny-dipping guidebooks, coloring books and take-it-all-off “naturist” magazines is using an old ally in his bid to spread the naked truth — the Bible. picked by kissmenow 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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As a soldier in the British Army, Rogers Jean-Baptiste served proudly in Iraq. He volunteered for a second tour of duty and upon discharge he received an exemplary rating. Fast forward...His application for citizenship has been denied because he was not in the UK 5 years ago - he was fighting FOR the UK in Iraq! picked by bernardblack 2 weeks ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison for the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Still looks like a bloke to me! picked by topofall 2 months ago 8 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A Territory author has found a novel solution to a feral cat problem - serve them up for dinner. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Egyptian security forces have begun shutting down the border with the Gaza Strip two days after it was blown open by armed Gaza militants. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed into Egypt to buy food and other supplies, but border guards are now trying to shut down the flow of people. 4 comments edit related share worldUpdate to this story picked by juaner899 6 months ago |
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Several Israeli cabinet ministers called on Sunday for a military operation to retake control of Gaza's southern border and prevent Palestinian militants smuggling weapons from neighboring Egypt. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |