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Associated Press – June 25, 2008 LONDON – Author Salman Rushdie slipped into Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to receive a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II that had angered many parts of the Muslim world when the honor was announced last year. In a break with normal procedure, the palace did not announce ahead of time…

Associated Press – June 25, 2008 LONDON – Topics included “Britney’s Tears: the Abject Female Celebrity in Postemotional Society” and “Hooker, Victim and/or Doormat: Lindsay Lohan and the Culture of Celebrity Notoriety.” European and American academics met Wednesday to examine society’s fascination with “train-wreck” female celebrities and why the public and the media seem to…

Associated Press – June 23, 2008 TIJUANA, Mexico – The rusty fence may divide the beaches of U.S. and Mexico, but it can’t break up a yoga class. A few dozen yoga aficionados rolled out their mats Sunday on both sides of the wall between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. The international group stretched and…

Associated Press – June 24, 2008 BEIJING – Shanghai has banned dissidents, Falun Gong members and other regime critics from leaving the city during the August Olympics, a human rights group said Tuesday. The Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said the Shanghai Public Security Bureau sent notices to dissidents, petitioners and…
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