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...claims to have been born, firstly, as a mare near the Caspian Sea in 1125 B.C. In A.D. 1402, he says, he was reincarnated as a peddler in Samarkand and, half a millennium later, after stints as a firewood collector and an "innkeeper in an unknown land," he says he was born the eldest son of a farmer in Gunsan, present day South Korea, in 1933. Walking home from school one day in that "obscure corner of the world" - then like the rest of the country under Japanese colonial occupation, but now a drab port with an American Air Force...
...snap up rare and valuable treasures at bargain prices. Locals say the number of collectors has increased markedly over the past year. The village of Ber, an hour's drive from Timbuktu across the blazing sand and past boys leading donkeys that haul spindly thorn branches home for firewood, might seem remote and protected. But when I arrived there in May, collectors had recently visited in search of manuscripts, according to locals. "Since April, people have descended on the village from Libya, Burkina Faso, Morocco," says Mohammed Ag Mahmoud, 83, the imam of the tiny community of mostly Tuareg tribesman...
Many people living in tent cities like Taco Flats, in Fresno, Calif., collect cans and bottles they trade for cash. For warmth, they burn donated firewood. Not far from a woman openly smoking crack, an elderly woman sweeps the floor of her plywood shanty. For now, the city is picking up residents' trash but says it will relocate the tent dwellers this summer...
...moment on, I was hers. During my week in Ngare Sero, Monika dressed me, bathed me and explained why the young warrior men would swing their dreadlocks in our faces when we went out dancing. Each day, I accompanied Monika on her daily routine: walking to collect water, gathering firewood, and cooking for the family. Though Monika could not have been more than 14 years old, she was a woman, and perfectly capable of her responsibilities, which included me. I, on the other hand, at 20 years old, was considered to be merely a child. In Maasai culture, boys...
...Meanwhile, one day this month members of the Tucson group were submitting requests for such things as answering machines, rooftop TV antennas, cell phones, and firewood - items that would surely help users cancel their cable subscription and cut down on heating and other costs. Martinez said one person, apparently hoping to save money on the water bill, posted a request for giant barrels that he could use to capture rainwater. Members were also seeking scraps of fabric, mason jars and broken crayons, all of which are good for craft-making...