Archive for December, 2006

Gift Exchange Eases Tensions During Christmas

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

Spc. Michael Hudson, Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, opens a gift during a gift exchange for the Soldiers of 3rd BCT, Dec. 25. The gifts were provided by various churches and organizations from all more

Liberian girl finds a family on the other side of the world

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

MONROVIA, Liberia - Gift Dorcas Sumo was speeding through the night in her first airplane ride, miles above and beyond her homeland. As dawn broke, the tiny Liberian teenager blinked at the ribbons of white gauze that swirled past her window. "Mama link

A Simple Gift

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

IT MAY NOT boast gilt engravings. It may also seem pale in comparison to the more colorful Ottoman mosques, but the mosque of Ibn Tulun parallels no other Egyptian mosque with its understated elegance and design. The third-oldest mosque in Egypt, Ibn more

A Visit Year gift for Sabah

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

Kota Kinabalu : The new RM60 million Terminal Two of the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) is being hailed as a gift for Sabah in conjunction with the Visit Malaysia Year 2007. It will begin full operations Jan 1 and is ready to accommodate read more

Round and round

Saturday, December 30th, 2006

Downtown merchants are upset that the project has stalled, according to officials from the Downtown Hampton Development Partnership and former City Councilman Baxter Simmons, whose wife owns a small, Virginia-themed gift shop nearby on Settlers see more