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13 February, 2008
No Red Roses in Saudi Arabia
"Saudi Arabia’s religious police,” reports Reuters, “have banned red roses ahead of Valentine’s Day.” The decision has been taken by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which sounds like something right out of Kafka.
Having said that, I’d love to work there. To prevent vice, one has to study it, and I’d undertake that arduous task with great enthusiasm.
(Link via email from Aishwarya.)
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The 100 Most Common English Words
See how many you can guess. (Via Chandru.)
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iAlive
Bloomberg accidentally releases Steve Jobs’s obituary, while the man still lives.
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The Desperate Passion of Ben Foster
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One Chai and a Wills Navy Cut
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
