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Stroll Through Savannah's Hauntingly Beautiful Cemetery Savannah, Georgia's Bonaventure Cemetery is one of the most hauntingly beautiful cemeteries in the world. It's also the famous setting of much Lowcountry voodoo in the bestselling novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. This photo tour will take you beneath the moss-draped oak trees for a look at some of the cemetery's enchanting memorial sculptures. - Southeast US Travel Guide Sheridan Alexander

Many Muslims Turn to Home Schooling ...cultural traditions have turned to home schooling. That choice is intended partly...said Aya Ismael, a Muslim mother home-schooling four children near San Jose...8221; Still, the subject of home schooling is a contentious one in various... March 26, 2008 - By NEIL MacFARQUHAR - Education

 

Spanish scientists say they have found Europe's oldest known human ancestor fossil

MADRID, Spain - A small piece of jawbone unearthed in a cave in Spain is the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor in Europe and suggests that people lived on the continent much earlier than previously believed, scientists say.

 

 

 

Military Tells Bush of Troop Strains

By ROBERT BURNS (AP Military Writer) From Associated Press March 26, 2008 5:11 PM EST  WASHINGTON - Behind the Pentagon's closed doors, U.S. military leaders told President Bush Wednesday they are worried about the Iraq war's mounting strain on troops and their families. But they indicated they'd go along with a brief halt in pulling out troops this summer.       Rancher arrested for selling snake vodka SANTO, Texas - A rattlesnake rancher who calls himself Bayou Bob found a new way to make money: Stick a rattler inside a bottle of vodka and market the concoction as an "ancient Asian elixir." But Bayou Bob Popplewell's bright idea appears to have landed him on the wrong side of the law, because he has no liquor license.       Grain prices soar globally Rice shortages are appearing across Asia. In Egypt, the Army is now baking bread to curb food riots.       Is it Macedonia by any other name? Tatters of Alexander the Great's empire aren't arguing over territory, but what a nation can call itself.       Micro meals Nanotechnology could soon be revolutionising our food - but will the consumers swallow it?       Gray matter His deeply intimate diaries don't shy away from even the rawest of thoughts, recorded in his trademark graceful prose. But Simon Gray has no regrets. Once one has a book in mind, one must accept the consequences, he tells Lindesay Irvine Extract: The Last Cigarette When reading about books replaces reading books The sheer amount of reviews we can now access has taken some of the joy out of books, says John Freeman My misfit family Author Sara Paretsky is best known for creating detective VI Warshawski. But in her latest book, she finds the strength to tackle her troubled childhood in rural Kansas       Battle to save postcards from extinction A campaign has been launched to save the great British postcard, which is under threat because of the rise of texts and email.

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from the March 27, 2008 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0327/p03s03-nbgn.html Etc. Besides, I'm having fun with it Let's see, there's the Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Opera House, and Uluru (the giant monolith also known as Ayers Rock). Until now, this is basically where the list of the most famous tourist attractions in Australia would end. But Ross Smith is out to change that. In time for the Dec. 21 summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, he hopes to open Stonehenge to visitors. Now wait a minute, you say; isn't Stonehenge in England? Well, yes – the original. But only a select few visitors are given access because of severe erosion. So Smith, the former owner of a microbrewery, is investing $1.26 million of his own money to recreate the prehistoric monument on his property near the town of Margaret River in Western Australia. Already, workers at a quarry have spent five months shaping the 2,500 tons of stones that will form the replica, which Smith wishes to be known as "the Henge." Unlike the one in England, this one he expects to be available for weddings and other occasions. Plans also call for an interpretive center and a play area for small children who don't want to tag along as Mom and Dad explore the 4.9-acre site. It will be a "business venture," and thus there will be an admission fee. Our guy projects it will attract up to 300,000 people a year. Why is he doing this? "Because I can," he says. Full HTML version of this story which may include photos, graphics, and related links