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...Jeevatharsini lost the arm in artillery shelling five months ago, says her father Loganathan Sinnathambi, who farmed rice until the family was forced to flee fighting between government soldiers and rebel forces in their hometown of Trincomalee last July. They headed south, but each time they found shelter with a relative or in a camp for internally displaced people, as refugees within their own country are known, fighting would erupt again and they would be forced to move on. Last November, the family was cowering inside a tent at a camp in the town of Kathiraveli during a bombardment when...
Educated in Kiev, Moscow, and his hometown of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, Plokhii began his academic career as a historian working under the Soviet regime...
...Perlman said. “We were hitting good pitching. [Our] pitching still needs a little work.” Rookie Eric Eadington, however, was stellar in his six innings of long relief, surrendering only one run and striking out seven. CENTRAL FLORIDA 7, HARVARD 3Perlman, appearing near his hometown of Longwood, Fla., could not replicate the success of his first career outing, as he let up six runs in 5 2/3 on a collection of seven hits and two walks in a loss to Central Florida (16-16). Perlman made headlines with 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief against...
...Born in 1412 in the village of Borgo Sansepolcro, about 25 km from Arezzo, Piero got his first training from an accomplished painter in his hometown. Soon, though, he embarked on a quest to immerse himself in the swirling artistic currents of Renaissance Italy. By today's standards he didn't travel far, but he did pick up (and leave) influences across the peninsula. He spent time in Perugia and in Florence, where he assisted the Venice-born painter Domenico Veneziano. Later, he was commissioned by Pope Nicolas V and Pope Pius II to paint several frescoes in the palaces...
...small town no matter how big it might get." With its medieval architecture and steep cobblestone streets, the city of 97,000 is in fact a midsize cultural gem that sometimes gets lost in the shadow of Florence to the north and Siena to the west. It was the hometown of the Roberto Benigni character in the Oscar-winning Life is Beautiful, while Guido d'Arezzo, credited with inventing modern musical notation, was born here in the year 991. Also, the Basilica of San Domenico features an important painted crucifix by 13th century artist Cimabue...