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Indonesia and World Tourism News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
JAKARTA, July 17 (Xinhua) — An international kite festival opened on Thursday in Muna District, Southeast Sulawesi Province of Indonesia, a spokesman said. Five foreign countries, which participated in the festival, were Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines. Antara news agency quoted La Kusa, the spokesman of Muna district administration, as saying on [...]
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Turkish daily news (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Combining windsurfing with kite flying, Istanbul's Burç Beach in Kilyos is staging exciting scenes of acrobatics on water, as the fourth leg of the Jim Beam Kiteboard World Championship started
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Herald (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
THE 25th Knysna Oyster Festival drew to a fitting conclusion at the weekend with the flying of giant kites, a naval parade and the Knysna Forest Marathon.
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Herald (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
KITE festivals take place every month of the year in more than 30 countries and this week the sport is being introduced to Knysna as part of the Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival celebrations.
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Live Science (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Americans have their fireworks, barbecues, and parades. But citizens from other countries, by climbing greased palm trees to get a TV or engaging in competitive kite-flying, demonstrate their own unique traditions as they celebrate their nations' independ
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Rob's Digital Life (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
We’re off on vacation soon and the kids have decided they now like the kite that was bought for them as a present.The kite which was a present is a single line kite and pretty boring once it’s flying. So I’ve picked up a wing style sports kite from Symphony, it’s 1.2m’s wide and has [...]
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The Future Place Blog (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I have just returned from a week’s vacation with my family in a great corner of the UK, Gower in South Wales (try the surfing, kite flying, walking out to Worm’s Head, and ice cream at Verdi’s in Mumbles). One of the treats and challenges was lasting a week without a phone line, without the Internet, and most of the...
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ikea hacker (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
Summers are for picnics and fun in the sun. Wendy Cook of Mother Rising sends me this project for an Ikea kite (based on this one ) . Best thing is, you'll be putting old Ikea bags to good use. Wendy's Ikea kite What you'll need: 1 sheets of colored 8 1/2" x 11" construction paper 1 8" bamboo skewer 1 Ikea bag cut in a 1" wide spiral all around for the tail 1/2"wide masking tape or scotch tape 1 bit...
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iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
As early as July 29, 2008, NASA will attempt to deploy a solar sail in space after launching it into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket.
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The Gathering Storm (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Jeezzz !! Now we have to add kite flying to the long list of things that upset Muslims? "Kite flying is not permissive in Islam according to some religious elements," said S.M. Masud, 70, an attorney who argued against the ban. "The government has used all tactics to stop it." The current clash has its roots in Basant — an ancient Hindu festival celebrating spring. Basant is highlighted by thousands...
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Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Gardens of Water by Alan Drew billed as 'a major summer read for 2008 ' and apparently 'perfect for fans of Khaled Hosseini and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie', one of whom I love, the other, well, only half a Kite Runner flown here.Something interrupted that read and I never returned, please convince me because then perhaps I'll read A Thousand Splendid Suns too. But yet another excellent book to emerge...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN), the global leader in on-demand mobile and Internet test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online experience, today announced KITE 2.0 (Keynote Internet Testing Environment), the latest version of Keynote's product for testing and analyzing the performance of Web applications across the Internet cloud.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN), the global leader in on-demand mobile and Internet test & measurement solutions for continuously improving the online
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TINSEL GURUS (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
Hrithik Roshan gets to back to work on July 15 when he will fly to New Mexico to shoot for Kites. Kangana Ranaut and Mexican actress Barbara Moris are his co-stars in the film, directed by Anurag Basu.Says a source, "His second son Hridhaan was born on June 1 so he wanted to spend time with his family due to which he skipped all award functions that were held abroad and refused work that kept him away...
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rediff News (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
The Samajwadi Party on Monday made it clear that its opposition to Indo-US nuclear deal could not be changed overnight and dismissed as "kite flying" reports that it had assured support to the UPA government in the event of withdrawal of support to it by Left parties on the issue.
