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                    [ArticleID] => 1440270
                    [Title] => Bite-sized Murakami
                    [Summary] => 

Following on the heels of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage last year, Haruki Murakami released The Strange Library, basically a short story packaged (in the US, anyway) with clever design by Chip Kidd, responsible for the look of most of the author’s American editions.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-04 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136008 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804693 [AuthorName] => Scott R. Garceau [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1346315 [Title] => Istanbul, once called Constantinople [Summary] =>

We’re here on an observation tour sponsored by the Turkish Flour, Yeast and Ingredients Promotion Group (TYFI) of historical and cultural sites of the fabled land.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1343139 [Title] => 'Islamic State' top leader makes first public appearance in Iraq in on-line video [Summary] =>

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the man purported to be the top leader of the self-claimed "Islamic State, " made his first public appearance at a mosque in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, according to a video clip posted on the  Internet on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-06 09:01:35 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1298140 [Title] => 16th-century manual shows 'rocket cat' weaponry [Summary] =>

You're a 16th century German prince plotting to crush a peasant rebellion, or perhaps you're leading an army against the Ottoman Empire or looking to settle the score with a rival nobleman. What's a guy looking for a tactical edge to do?

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-07 00:40:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1519542 [AuthorName] => Michael Rubinkam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://imageshack.com/a/img200/9660/r0ep.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 926716 [Title] => The ‘magical garden’ of St. Francis [Summary] =>

Upon entering the door of Brasserie Cicou, formerly Ristorante La Dolce Fontana in Greenhills, the “magical garden” of St. Francis and St. Claire greets the customers. The 3 x 6 meters white wall is covered with a very charming fresco type of painting used by the Etruscans during the early civilization of Europe to the Renaissance era.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133347 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1659389 [AuthorName] => Preciosa S. Soliven [SectionName] => Education and Home [SectionUrl] => education-and-home [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 689226 [Title] => President Obama's new Mideast policy is flawed! [Summary] =>

The oldest book in my personal library, the New Universal Atlas from the year 1857, and if you compared those old maps to today’s political maps, you will note that some countries no longer exist.

[DatePublished] => 2011-05-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 520486 [Title] => European Union bans crucifixes in schools? [Summary] => I just got this emailed report fresh from the Vatican Press that the Vatican “Expressed ‘astonishment’ and ‘regret’ at Tuesday’s decision from the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes in public school classrooms are in violation of Freedom. [DatePublished] => 2009-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 520542 [Title] => About that ban on crucifixes in Europe! [Summary] => Remember a year ago when then Assistant City Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro virtually lorded it over the Bureau of Customs? It was then that people began thinking that she had become “untouchable. [DatePublished] => 2009-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 501003 [Title] => Turkey, Armenia agree to establish diplomatic ties [Summary] =>

Armenia and Turkey agreed yesterday to establish diplomat relations, overcoming a seemingly intractable rift that dates to the early 20th Century and was marked by massacres of Armenians under Ottoman rule.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-01 03:30:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306517 [Title] => 82nd Anniversary Celebration of the Foundation of the Republic of Turkey [Summary] => The Republic of Turkey recently celebrated its 82nd Foundation Anniversary last 29 October 2005. Incidentally, a dinner reception was hosted by the Turkish Ambassador to the Philippines, Hon. Tanju Sumer, at his Residence on 28 October 2005. [DatePublished] => 2005-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) ) )
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