PORTUGAL MOURNS NOBEL AUTHOR SARAMAGO

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LISBON, Portugal (UPI) -- Portugal announced two days of mourning this week for controversial novelist Jose Saramago, winner of the Nobel Prize, who died June 18 at the age of 87.

Saramago's body was brought to Lisbon from his home in the Canary Islands Saturday by an air force plane and was escorted by his widow and the Portuguese cultural minister, Euronetnews.com reported.

Saramago received the Nobel in 1998 for a body of work that included the incendiary novel "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ," and "Blindness," which was turned into a 2008 film by the same name.

The Washington Post said Sunday that Saramago was noted for his surrealistic stories and a dense writing style that had single sentences taking up an entire page.

His 1991 book "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ" irked the Catholic Church with its depiction of Jesus having sex with Mary Magdalen and its portrayal of God as a manipulator.

At the same time, his 1984 work "The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis" had critics comparing his depiction of Lisbon in the 1930s with James Joyce's Dublin and Franz Kafka's Prague, according to the Post.

Saramago was cremated Saturday and his ashes will be spread at his home in the Canary Island and the Portuguese farm village of Azinhaga where he was born in 1922.



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This news arrived on: 06/20/2010

Sectarian killings plague Pakistan city

KARACHI, Pakistan (UPI) -- Sectarian violence in Pakistan has claimed the lives of at least seven people in separate incidents during a 24-hour period, Pakistani police say.

Among the victims were an elderly man and a religious activist, both shot dead in different parts of Karachi, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported Tuesday.

Religious leaders and scholars condemned the latest killings and said the government has failed to put an end to ongoing sectarian violence that began this month.

Monday night, youths hurled stones at vehicles passing through one Karachi neighborhood, prompting police to use teargas to disperse them.

A police spokesman told Dawn each incident was being investigated separately.

"In several cases, we have found evidence that suggest these were, indeed, sectarian killings," the spokesman said.

The sects involved weren't reported.



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This news arrived on: 06/15/2010

THE WORLD IN YOUR HANDS

I recieved an email today that showed me just how near we are to loosing this planet. As the ice tops melt away, and the land dries up in the deserts it is hard to say that we are not heading to total destruction. There is so much we can do and so little we are doing.

I want to ask all my readers at this time to stop. look and listen to this message because we can´t afford to not do something for this planet on which we live. We owe it to our children and to their children.

For further information please write me at brendaysaguirre@gmail.com and I will send you a very iomportant email that will show you exactly what I am talking about.

Have a happy day!
Yours sincerely,
Brenda

HAVE YOU SEEN LINDSAY BAUM

CANS Alert Issued for 10 Year Old Washington Girl
Posted: Monday June 29, 2009 12:07 PM CT

Code Amber News Service (CANS) issued this Missing Endangered person Alert after the girl went missing on Friday evening (06-26) while walking home from a friends house in McCleary Washington. McCleary is a small town of about 1,500 residents and is about 15 miles west of Olympia. There is no evidence of foul play in this case but the FBI is joining the investigation and search today (Monday 06-29). The FBI will also be bringing in additional law enforcement personnel to help in the investigation and search. No Amber Alert has been issued in this case.

Lindsey J. Baum a 10 year old white female, 4' 9" tall, 80 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. She was last seen wearing a gray or blue hooded pullover sweatshirt, with blue jeans and black shoes.

There is no suspect information at this time.

There is no suspect vehicle information at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office at 360-249-3711 or dial 911.



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