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Twilight Dance Series Fourth Perfomance SetWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:56PMWeek four of the Twilight Dance Series brings acclaimed Indian pop star Kailash Kher to the Pier as the fourth straight internationally born nightly headliner of the series. Until about 2:30am on Tuesday morning, however, the prospect of Kher playing the free show looked grim. Kher’s long-term visa had expired and it appeared that he would not be...

FPI Overnight BriefMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 7:02PMFPI seeks college juniors or seniors, graduate students, or recent graduates to work as unpaid interns at its office in downtown Washington, DC for the fall semester.

Chaldean singles turn to matchmaker to find like-minded life partnerSunday, July 25, 2010 @ 2:47AMProfessional matchmaker Theresa Sitto is outgoing, encouraging, earnest and honest. Which means she isn't afraid to tell her clients to cut or -- as she did in the case of a blond woman whose brown roots were showing -- color their hair. Or whiten their teeth. Or dress nicely. Or arrive on time.

Twilight Zone / Taybeh revisitedSaturday, July 24, 2010 @ 2:51PMMaybe this is how we'd like the Palestinians to look: wearing Bermuda shorts, speaking English with an American accent, some of them students at Harvard, collecting donations to build a community center, not discussing politics and, best of all - not living here anymore.

Item World: Local news and viewsThursday, July 22, 2010 @ 4:05PMBrain Baumgartner wins big, Mankato stands in for Iraq

Fort Hood IDs soldier who died MondayWednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 11:58PMFORT HOOD — Fort Hood officials have released the name of a soldier who died Monday in Killeen of an apparent gunshot wound. Sgt. Derek Peter Schicchi, 27, of Spring Hill, Fla., joined the military in February 2003 as a track vehicle repairer.

UAE cultural heritage project seeks out Islamic lullabiesThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:42PMABU DHABI: Musicologists funded by Abu Dhabi are roaming Muslim countries in search of lullabies and children's songs, one of the first projects emerging from a center that aims to preserve the musical heritage of the Muslim world.The Al-Ain Centre for Music in the World of Islam seeks to document, digitize and sustain the musical traditions of Muslim countries

Abu Dhabi on mission to preserve Muslims’ musical heritageThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 5:09AMAl Ain Centre for Music in the World of Islam seeks to document, digitise, sustain musical traditions of Muslims anywhere in world.

Abu Dhabi on mission to preserve musical heritage of MuslimsThursday, July 15, 2010 @ 1:30AMABU DHABI, Jul 15, 2010 (AFP) - Musicologists funded by Abu Dhabi are roaming Islamic countries in search of lullabies and children's songs, one of the first projects of a centre that aims to preserve the musical heritage of the Muslim world.