Egypt: Campaign against abusive publishers

Marwa Rakha a month ago Region: Egypt

A handful of publishers have monopolized the book market in Egypt until a fresher generation of young entrepreneurs introduced readers to new titles by authors who were rejected by the publishing tycoons. Bloggers books&nb... more

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China and Globalization

Rainyday99 a year ago Region: China

"Am I just for show?" this tree might ask as it witnesses the rapid industrialization happening in China. more

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2 elderly women protest relocation of crabapple tree from housing premises

Jacob Cherian a year ago Region: United States

Shrewsbury, MA (GroundReport) -  Published reports say two elderly women who tied themselves to a crabapple tree to protest its removal managed to rescue the tree. Not just that, they also saved themselves from evicti... more

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1000 Openbill Stork Killed As Century Old Banyan Tree Collapses

Santosh Kumar Agarwal a year ago Region: India

As per a report reaching the capital Dishpur on 15th September’08, about 1000  Openbill Stork- an endangered Asian specie- died when a century old banyan tree, on which the birds were nesting, collapse... more

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Hoax or Not? Women Growing on Trees

Faruq Hosen a year ago Region: Bangladesh

  This is amazing tree named Nareepol in Thai. Naree means girl/woman  and pol means plant/tree or buah in Malay. It means women tree. It is amazing what God create the World in many forms that amused human bei... more

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Paranoid Jerk

Randomwalk 2 years ago Region: American Samoa

        Fabian inched his size 10 shoes closer to the curb. The black shoes, purchased at K-Mart, were scuffed and dirty. Fabian noticed this and thought to himself that he would shine them ... more

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Magic of Storytelling (The Storyteller Tree!!!)

B.R. Tauhid a year ago Region: Bangladesh

  Storytelling is more thrilling than story hearing. It seems that people come with storytelling power naturally. But this thought is not always correct. Storytelling is not so simple a matter. One must pay attention... more

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Jatropha Tree Fruit Can Produce Diesel Fuel

Ground Report a year ago Region: United States

The jatropha tree which produces golf-ball sized fruit and oil that can be used in any standard diesel engine, is gaining much recognition.  Jatropha tree oil does not require any processing and has been used for year... more

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BAKASSI

Chiukwubuujundu Onu a year ago Region: Nigeria

    This is a peninsula and Local Government Area in the Gulf of Guinea, about 3,070 square km. It is inhabited easternly by Camerounians; westernly by Nigerians. Nigeria and Cameroun had lengthy ownership disp... more

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An Inscription, Somewhere Near Mount Conner

Ashwyn Kale 2 years ago Region: Australia

with spinifex twig plucked from thorny nest and put to the work of hands your cherished name I did engrave, cursive, upon rippled ochre sands of mala plain where cassia weeps and table-topped mesa commands  &nbs... more

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