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...restore your sense of wonder Harry Potter may be the hot read this summer, but it's just a thin chapter in the annals of great British kid lit. Now all those good reads have a home: Seven Stories, the Centre for the Children's Book, officially opens Aug. 19 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "There's never been anything like it before," says Philip Pullman, author of the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy. "For the first time, this country will have a properly organized and dedicated collection relating to children's literature." Even better, it's a groovy place...
Harry Potter may be the summer's hot read, but it's just one chapter in the annals of English literature for kids. Now all those good reads have a home: Seven Stories, the Centre for the Children's Book, officially opens Aug. 19 in the northern English city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. "There's never been anything like it before," says Philip Pullman, award-winning children's author. "For the first time, this country will have a properly organized and dedicated collection relating to children's literature." Even better, it's a great place for authors and young fans...
...unsolved murders. Last week the parents of a young Muslim called Ilmin Nuruladil filed suit against five soldiers in Yala provincial court for allegedly shooting their son after apparently confusing him with a militant. The soldiers claim they fired in self-defense. (A preliminary hearing is set for Aug...
...much of the past three decades, the Acehnese have survived on faith and little else. Now, finally, they may have something more tangible to hope for. On Aug. 15, representatives of the Indonesian government and the rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (known by its Indonesian acronym, G.A.M.) are scheduled to sign a peace treaty in Helsinki, the fruit of months of hard bargaining. Both sides have made concessions on points that had killed previous talks, and there's little debate about what brought about the new flexibility: the tsunami. To be sure, "it was also the democratization in Indonesia...
...residents of the small seaside town of Hervey Bay in Queensland, Australia, are getting set for huge fun as the town's annual Humpback Whale Festival approaches (Aug. 6-13). A carnival and illuminated parade provide shore-based entertainment, but the real stars of the show are the humpback whales that visit this protected coastline between now and November, turning Hervey Bay into the country's top whale-watching location. The cetaceans are on their yearly migration from the warm waters off northern Queensland (where their calves are born) to Antarctica?and Hervey Bay is a favored stopover. There...