Daily Archives: 20 June 20, 2007

Berlin hotel recreates East Germany

BERLIN – The four clocks behind the reception desk of Berlin’s new budget hotel Ostel show the hour in Moscow, Berlin, Havana, and Beijing. Time, however, appears to have stopped here sometime before 1989, when communism was still entrenched in … Continue reading

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Japan changes name of Iwo Jima

TOKYO – Japan has changed the name of the Pacific island of Iwo Jima, site of the famous World War II battle, to its original name of Iwo To after residents there were prodded into action by two recent Clint … Continue reading

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Man’s Wallet Found After 43 Years

A man who lost his wallet 43 years ago has gotten it back, with his old charge cards, dusty photographs and birth certificate still inside. Construction workers renovating a movie theater discovered Epigmenio Sanchez’s billfold on Friday jammed between the metal … Continue reading

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One Flight I’m Happy I Was Not On

Sewage flows down aisles of trans-Atlantic flight UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash.– Passengers on a Continental Airlines flight had to hold their noses for hours as sewage overflowed from toilets while they were high over the Atlantic. “To be blatantly honest, I … Continue reading

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