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"A Book of Verses undeneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness- Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!"

—Omar Khayyám (1050?-1123) Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer

 

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Imran Khan blames rival for killing 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 07:25:18 GMT 
    Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, is blaming one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI official Zahra Shadid Hussain.


Nigeria army says crackdown to go on 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 03:57:21 GMT 
    Nigeria's army vows to continue its offensive against militants in the north-east "as long as it takes", as a 24-hour curfew is imposed in Maiduguri.


Denmark crowned Eurovision winners 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 00:37:37 GMT 
    Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins the Eurovision Song Contest, with the UK's Bonnie Tyler finishing 19th out of 26 countries.


PM 'losing control of party over EU' 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 04:36:54 GMT 
    The Conservative leadership is "running scared" of its backbenchers on the issue of Europe, former Tory cabinet minister Lord Howe says.


China Premier Li Keqiang in India 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 06:44:28 GMT 
    China's Premier Li Keqiang travels to India for his first foreign visit since taking office, with border tensions and trade topping the agenda.


Massacre suspect held in Ivory Coast 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 20:57:15 GMT 
    The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.


Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:55 GMT 
    Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, are remanded in custody in Mexico.


Car hits crowd at Virginia parade 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 01:17:47 GMT 
    Up to 60 people were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd during a parade in a small town in the US state of Virginia, officials say.


Riot mars Belgrade football derby 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:54 GMT 
    Police in the Serbian capital Belgrade make 104 arrests as rival fans of the city's Partizan and Red Star teams clash at a match.


Russian cult film director dies 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 22:39:08 GMT 
    Alexei Balabanov, the Russian director whose cult films caught the wildness of Russia's early post-Soviet years, dies at the age of 54.


El Salvador gangs warn over truce 
  Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:24 GMT 
    The leaders of the main gangs in El Salvador vow to maintain a 14-month-long truce, but say political changes threaten the peace.


Tearful Beckham signs off with win 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 22:58:06 GMT 
    An emotional David Beckham leaves the pitch in tears as he completes the final home match of his career.


VIDEO: Cuban golf courses no longer 'elitist' 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:34 GMT 
    Five decades after Fidel Castro ordered Cuba's golf courses to be closed down because he considered them "elitist", the island's communist government has approved the construction of a luxury golf resort.


Grandmother's 99th birthday abseil 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 17:08:28 GMT 
    A great-great-grandmother celebrates her 99th birthday by abseiling from the top of an 11-storey building.


VIDEO: Would-be robber struck by bus 
  Sat, 18 May 2013 02:33:03 GMT 
    A would-be robber had a lucky escape after he was struck by a bus, moments after he snatched a woman's mobile phone in Bogota, Colombia.
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