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1. So well done your imagination will take over with ‘Peter Pan’ at The Villagers Theatre
(Entertainment/Movies)

... the musical with its own production (not for the first time.) Robert Johanson played the title role until he broke down physically and let the understudy handle the role. But right now, The Villagers ...

2. War causing Afghanistan to lose precious stones and artifacts to looters
(World/International)

... stones in half. "If the war continues," he says, "our business will be greatly damaged." The conflict has also helped curb the illegal excavation of precious stones, because villagers know that their ...

3. Smelting plant stormed by Chinese after their children diagnosed with lead poisoning
(World/International)

... were sent to Shaanxi province's Changqing township after villagers broke into the smelting plant Monday. The protesters broke down the fence surrounding a special plant railway. Police say they are in ...

4. NJIT engineers working to help clean water in Haitian village
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

More than a dozen NJIT civil and mechanical engineering students, faculty and interested staff members have spent the past three years working with villagers in a poor Haitian village to remove bacteria ...

5. Protecting African blackwood (mpingo), the world's most expensive tree
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

...  Adds Fadhili Moshi, a Mali Hai patron in Mweka Village: "Through the youth movement in the schools, we have been able to sensitise local villagers during school meetings and mobilized them into planting ...

6. ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’ film spotlights true story of Iranian woman
(Entertainment/Movies)

... by her estranged husband, was stoned to death by her fellow villagers. Persian film star Shohreh Aghdashloo says when she was approached to play the role of one of the major characters in the movie, ...

7. More calls to ban Zimbabwe’s blood diamonds
(Money/Economy)

... of people . The diamond fields are now said to bear all the hallmarks of a military garrison, with mining conducted by soldiers and local villagers forced to mine on the army's behalf. Before the assault ...

8. Investigators say Afghan civilians died in airstrikes
(World/International)

... how many civilians were among the dead, but they said there are indications that Taliban fighters tried to encourage civilian deaths by forcing villagers into the battle zone. Civilian casualties involving ...

9. Oil producers look for way out of crisis
(World/International)

... on a project to get villagers to stop buying kerosene and to use the same amount of money for investment in solar energy. But the oil companies don't seem interested in supporting such initiatives, she ...