Syrian Activists Claim Death Toll in village Soars - New York Times
26 May 2012, 9:51 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian opposition organizations on Saturday accused government forces of carrying out a massacre in a village near Homs, leaving about 100 people dead, many of them children, with gory images of the aftermath prompting an ...

Peddler’s village Celebrates Arts and Crafts - Patch
26 May 2012, 6:23 am
Continuing the theme of festivals and outdoor events, this week’s Day Tripper destination finds Peddler's village (Routes 202 & 263, Lahaska, Pa.) readying the 20th edition of its Fine Arts and Contemporary Crafts Show. This juried outdoor exhibition ...

Overwhelming support for Bicester village plan - Buckingham Today
26 May 2012, 3:03 am
WELL over 1,000 people visited a public exhibition of plans for the redevelopment of Bicester village, Tesco and Bicester Business Park last week. Regional corporate affairs manager for Tesco, Simon Petar, said the exhibition was “extremely positive”.

village 'outraged' by church turbines bid - Torquay Herald Express
26 May 2012, 2:41 am
The Church of England has been accused of "alienating" parishioners after a public meeting rejected "outrageous" plans to build turbines on church land. About 150 people turned out to oppose a proposal for two 25-metre-high turbines at Chittlehampton, near ...

Counter Culture: village Pizza & Grill in Davis - Sacramento Bee
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
We last spoke with Aziz Fattahi some years ago, when we'd first encountered his marvelous village Bakery in Davis, across from the train station. We asked him about the Mediterranean influence on his brick oven-cooked pizzas – goat cheese ...

Explore Tibet Announces Trip to Namba village - San Francisco Gate
25 May 2012, 5:52 pm
Explore Tibet, a Lhasa-based travel agency, announced a day trip to Namba village. "Namba is a traditional Tibetan farming community," Explore Tibet said. "Travelers to the village can meet with local farmers and see the riverside mills where ...

Sheffield village veteran receives long delayed medals - WKYC
25 May 2012, 2:31 pm
SHEFFIELD village -- More than 40 years after serving in the Vietnam War, a Sheffield village veteran has received a Bronze Star and 10 other medals for his exemplary service. Sen. Sherrod Brown presented Master Sergeant Raymond Hatch (U.S. Army, Ret.

Brother of Chinese Dissident Escapes Guarded village - New York Times
24 May 2012, 5:43 am
BEIJING — A brother of the legal activist Chen Guangcheng, whose decision to seek refuge in the American Embassy here prompted a diplomatic standoff between China and the United States, has himself slipped through the security cordon around ...

American Landscape Photographer Buys An Entire French village…Cheap - The Imaging Resource!
23 May 2012, 2:33 pm
An American landscape photographer bought an entire French village yesterday for what many people pay for a new house. Ahae Jeong (shown on the right), who goes by his first name, purchased the village of Courbefy, France, for just $663,000 ...

Israeli Artist Adi Nes's 'The village' Series At Jack Shainman Gallery (PHOTOS) - Huffington Post
22 May 2012, 1:02 pm
Adi Nes is a gay Israeli artist concerned with representations of masculinity and power. In 2003, Richard Goldstein at the village voice wrote, "No young artist has so vividly captured the hidden cost of victory, the fine line between power and ...