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  1. In D.C., the Hazards of Hookah

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook - Aug 30, 2008

    The hottest tobacco trend of the 21st century is an ancient tobacco-smoking method called hookah, or water pipes. This ancient method of smoking, which originated in Persia and India, heats a special type of tobacco

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  2. Drawing Power

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Bookstores, book reviews and events in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland - washingtonpost.com - Aug 22, 2008

    How did the formerly ghettoized medium of graphic novels became one of the rare publishing categories that's actually expanding these days?

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  3. A Separate Peace

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Bookstores, book reviews and events in Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland - washingtonpost.com - Aug 1, 2008

    ALFRED & EMILY By Doris Lessing Harper. 274 pp. $25.95

    Also tagged: zimbabwe, united kingdom, peace, a, separate, doris lessing, university of notre dame, zane grey, valerie sayers, martha quest

  4. Cyrus cylinder's ancient bill of rights 'is just propaganda'

    telegraph.co.uk » Telegraph World News - Jul 16, 2008

    A 2500 year old Persian treasure dubbed the world's 'first bill of human rights' has been branded a piece of shameless 'propaganda' by German historians.

    Also tagged: united nations, german, propaganda, kingdom, historians, babylon, cyrus the great, cyrus cylinder

  5. Tehran's Definite 'Maybe'

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - David Ignatius -- Washington Post Columnist (washingtonpost.com) - Jul 9, 2008

    NEW YORK -- Even in midsummer, Iran's foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, wears the three-piece suit of a traditional diplomat. But faithful to the dress code of the Iranian revolution, he doesn't wear a necktie

    Also tagged: middle east, afghanistan, european union, iraq, united nations, japan, israël, washington dc, iran, united states, henry kissinger, lebanon, tehran, united nations security council, javier solana, manouchehr mottaki, maybe, definite, iranian revolutionary guard corps, booz allen hamilton inc, hossein salami, tehran s

  6. Top tourist sights Americans can't visit

    gadling.com » Gadling - Jun 12, 2008

    Filed under: History, Learning, Somalia, Burma (Myanmar), Iran, North Korea, Cuba As you might realize, there are certain countries that are considered "no-go's" for American travelers, be it for political or economic

    Also tagged: foreign policy, warning, dangerous, mogadishu, axis of evil, conquistadors, foreignpolicy, darius, moraldilemma, moral dilemma, xerxes, roguenations, forbidden, rogue nations, prohibited, baracoa, axisofevil

  7. Don Tennant: Best and brightest

    computerworld.com » Computerworld Blogs - Careers - Jun 11, 2008

    One of the most influential resources we have to counter shallowness of thought and the divisiveness it fosters is the community of leaders in the field of information technology. Don Tennant examines what happens when

    Also tagged: careers, john mccain, iran, jay severin, computerworld honors program

  8. Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Technology - Jun 6, 2008

    TEHRAN -- As Burton Richter, an American Nobel laureate in physics, entered the main auditorium of Tehran's prestigious Sharif University, hundreds of students rose to give him a loud and lengthy ovation. But Richter

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  9. Iran Makes the Sciences A Part of Its Revolution

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Science News and Headlines From The Washington Post - Jun 5, 2008

    TEHRAN -- As Burton Richter, an American Nobel laureate in physics, entered the main auditorium of Tehran's prestigious Sharif University, hundreds of students rose to give him a loud and lengthy ovation. But Richter

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  10. The Silk Road, Paved in Gold

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Style - May 24, 2008

    You can go see Indiana Jones and the temple of whatever if you like, but it's probably not going to be as good as the Bactrian Gold and the Secret of Tillya Tepe.

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