Makeover team gives single-parent mom a lift Nov 19, 2009
Just before she was revealed in front of nearly 200 guests on Nov. 12, Early was secreted away in a second-story room inside a guest house on the property. While waiting to descend to ground level via a glass elevator, she took time to share her feelings about becoming the fourth person to receive a Millennium Woman Makeover. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
Tahawwur bigger Lashkar catch, feel investigators Nov 14, 2009
Significantly, Rana was in a south Mumbai guest house in 2008 and flew out of the city on November 21, just five days before 26/11, raising the possibility of his having been a pointer for the Lashkar squad that hit the metropolis. Headley, a Pakistan-origin person who changed his name from Daood Gilani, discussed how his family was to be taken care of in keeping with a practice followed by the Pakistan-based Lashkar with regard to its cadre. (India Times, India)
Miriam Peters, 100, retired head of Burnham School Nov 14, 2009
Carol Somerville of Washington, D.C., who graduated from Burnham in 1969, talked on the phone with her often when she was manager of Blair House in Washington, the guest house of presidents, during the Reagan administration. Somerville said she would call to get advice on matters such as gloves at dinner, finger bowls, and seating arrangements. (Boston Globe)
U.S. Crime Writer Tackles a Real Hong Kong Cold Case Nov 12, 2009
What links Nine Dragons and Ashekian's case is Chungking Mansions, which a character in Connelly's novel describes as a "post-modern Casablanca all in one building." Built in 1961, the building holds about 1,000 cheap guesthouse rooms, some with deceptively pleasant names like the New Hawaii and the Happy Guest House that mask the more typical reality of dingy rooms barely large enough for a bed. At any given time, there are some 4,000 residents living in 15 floors of apartments and 10,000... (Time.com)
Embattled UN rethinking Afghan-Pakistan role Nov 6, 2009
In Afghanistan, the U.N. mission is still reeling from the pre-dawn assault Oct. 28 on a guest house in Kabul where dozens of U.N. staffers lived ... The Taliban said they attacked the guest house because the U.N. was working on the Afghan election, which they viewed as a Western plot. (Rhinelander Daily News, WI)
Karzai wins amid cries of fraud Nov 4, 2009
Last week, insurgents in suicide vests stormed a guest house in the heart of Kabul filled with U.N. election workers, killing five U.N. staffers and three Afghans. The attack raised questions about whether the world body might scale back its operations in the war-ravaged country. (Salon)
UN Chief Arrives to Prod Karzai, Opponent Nov 2, 2009
The visit comes after a deadly attack on a U.N. guest house and as international diplomats are driving for a quick resolution to the country's troubled election. The Aug. 20 ballot was marred by fraud. (CBS News)
UN critical of Afghan, NATO response to attack Oct 31, 2009
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations demanded to know yesterday why it took an hour for Afghan police and NATO troops to respond to a Taliban attack on a guest house filled with UN staff in Kabul ... As guests cowered inside their rooms or jumped from windows, two UN security officers fought with three militants who attacked the guest house at dawn Wednesday, carrying grenades and automatic weapons and wearing suicide vests ... Although the guest house was full of UN employees, the building... (Boston Globe)
Sources: Abdullah to pull out of Afghan runoff Oct 31, 2009
On Wednesday they targeted a U.N. guest house where 34 staff _ including a number of U.N. election workers _ were sleeping. Eight people were killed in the assault, five of them U.N. staff members. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Hero contractor recounts fighting off Taliban Oct 30, 2009
For two hours, a civilian contractor held off Taliban commandos with an AK-47, saving the lives of 24 people in a Kabul, Afghanistan, guest house ... We heard small gunfire, and then we took a bomb that set the guest house on fire ... He grabbed his AK-47 assault rifle and ammunition and started getting everybody he could out of the four-story guest house. (MSNBC -- International)
UN workers scramble over roofs during attack Oct 30, 2009
First, the lanky Aussie started to step onto the balcony of the guest house where he and dozens of other UN workers were staying but shots drove him back inside ... Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and armed with guns and grenades had attacked the three-storey guest house at dawn on Wednesday in what their spokesman said was a bid to derail the November 7 run-off election ... The attack began shortly before 6am when three gunmen wearing green police uniforms broke into the guest house,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
One Ghanaian killed in Afghan Un Attack Oct 30, 2009
Former Ghanaian President, Jerry John Rawlings has expressed sadness at yesterdays attack on a United Nations Guest House in Kabul, Afghanistan which killed twelve including a Ghanaian Field Officer. The former President condemned the attack on the UN Guest House, describing it as an act against humanity. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Murder in Kabul Oct 29, 2009
THE murder of at least five foreign, civilian, UN staff in a private guest house in Kabul, and a near-simultaneous rocket attack on the city s most prestigious hotel, on Wednesday October 28th, are reminders of the apparently expanding reach of Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. At least three suicide attackers, wearing explosives and carrying grenades and automatic weapons, made their way into the Bekhtar guest house, reportedly by posing as policemen ... Frequented by foreigners, the guest... (The Economist)
UN re-evaluates Afghan mission after bloody attack Oct 29, 2009
Smoke rises from a U.N. guest house during a gunbattle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Gunmen attacked the guest house early Wednesday, killing at least seven people including three U.N. staff, officials said ... Traumatized U.N. staff in Afghanistan were under orders to stay home Thursday, one day after Taliban militants stormed a guest house in the capital and killed eight people in a brazen attack that is forcing the world body to re-evaluate its mission in the war-ravaged... (Longview Daily News, WA)
11 die as Taliban force strikes U.N. guest house Oct 29, 2009
KABUL - Taliban militants wearing suicide vests and police uniforms stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital Wednesday, killing 11 people including five U.N. workers ... At least 25 U.N. staff were staying at the guest house, most of them advisers for the Nov. 7 balloting ... Flushed and with black stains on his hands and face, Turner said 40 people were staying at the guest house, of whom about 25 took refuge in the laundry room at the back of the building... (Athens Banner-Herald)
U.N. workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attack Oct 29, 2009
Afghanfirefighters gather as smoke rises from a U.N. guest house after it was attacked by gunmen in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Gunmen attacked the guest house early Wednesday, killing at least seven people including three U.N. staff, officials said ... Five U.N. employees, including an American, were among those killed at the guest house in Kabul. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Taliban attack on UN house leads to panic and heroics Oct 29, 2009
An armed man helped a German whose foot was broken to get out of the guest house, home to dozens of UN staff, that was attacked around dawn yesterday ... First, the lanky Australian started to step onto the balcony of the guest house where he and dozens of other UN staffers were staying, but shots drove him back inside ... The attack began shortly before 6 a.m. when three gunmen wearing green police uniforms broke into the guest house, home to the largest concentration of UN staffers working on... (Boston Globe)
Vermont Guard unit girds for stint in Afghanistan Oct 29, 2009
The danger has been underscored in recent days, with the deaths of eight Americans in roadside bombings and an attack yesterday in which Taliban militants stormed a UN guest house in Kabul, killing at least 11 people. The brigade, made up of guard units from Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, and Vermont, began premobilization deployments last weekend and will arrive in Afghanistan in stages, beginning in January. (Boston Globe)
100 die in Pakistan bombing Oct 29, 2009
Underlining the threat in both nations, Taliban militants in suicide vests stormed a guest house used by UN staff in the heart of the Afghan capital yesterday, killing 11 people - five of them UN staff, including one American. The bombing just before 1:15 p.m. destroyed much of the Mina Bazaar in Peshawar s old town, a warren of narrow alleys clogged with stalls, shops, and food sellers. (Boston Globe)
Afghan police: 12 dead in attack on UN in Kabul Oct 28, 2009
Afghan police officers rescue a wounded German U.N. staffer, from a U.N. guest house during a gunbattle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Gunmen attacked the guest house early Wednesday, killing at least seven people including three U.N. staff, officials said ... Gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing 12 people _ including six U.N. staff _ officials said. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Six U.N. foreign staff killed in attack in Kabul Oct 28, 2009
Men carry a blanket with a wounded person as they leave an international guest house in Kabul after an attack by Taliban militants in this October 28, 2009 frame grab. (REUTERS/via REUTERS TV). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Bombing makes Oct. deadliest US month in Afghanistan Oct 28, 2009
And early today in Kabul, gunmen attacked a guest house used by United Nations staff, killing at least seven people including three UN staff members, officials told the Associated Press. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election. (Boston Globe)
Outspoken Rosie O'Donnell gets serious about radio show Oct 26, 2009
But as the deal sweetened a two-year contract, a studio built in her guest house, a schedule that fits with her four kids' school schedules (Parker, 14, , 12, Blake, 9, and Vivienne, 6) and the ability to do the show from her home in Miami when she wants she went for it. Sweetest of all, she says: "There's no censorship. That's why I said yes. I couldn't imagine doing a show where I'd once again have to answer to corporate interests.". (USA Today -- Life)
South Africa: A memorable tour Oct 25, 2009
My wife, Michelle, and friends were staying in a guest house on one of those tea farms, which was being managed in a community trust under South Africa s Black Economic Empowerment program. BEE, originally touted by the government as a vehicle to bridge the gap between rich and poor, has come under fire by critics who say it has enriched only a handful of politically connected elites. (Boston Globe)
Friend calls mother of ‘balloon boy’ subservient Oct 23, 2009
She was in the back guest house doing editing and working on the footage all the time, Cavalier said. They moved to Fort Collins two years ago, making the city north of Denver their base for a wide range of bizarre experiments that culminated with the balloon saga. (Boston Globe)
Merry options Oct 18, 2009
The lot continues across the street, where there s a guest house with electrical, plumbing, and a large screened porch. CONS The house needs updates. (Boston Globe)
Myanmar junta official meets Aung San Suu Kyi Oct 3, 2009
The unannounced meeting between Suu Kyi and Relations Minister Aung Kyi lasted 45 minutes and took place at a government guest house near her lakeside home in Yangon, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was driven to the meeting in a police motorcade, the officials said. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Explosions hit Myanmar's biggest city, no injuries Sep 17, 2009
Myanmar's last known bombing incident occurred in March at a guest house in Yangon, killing a man and wounding three other people. A few rules are needed to help foster a feeling of community. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Greenwich Homeowners Push $40,000 Luxe Rentals in Worst Market in 30 Years Sep 3, 2009
It sits on almost 13 acres, has a pool, a guest house and annual taxes of $45,000, according to data on the Greenwich Multiple Listing Service. Its also for sale. (Bloomberg -- US)
Burma agrees to hand over US prisoner as Webb steps in Aug 16, 2009
Suu Kyi was driven from her residence to a nearby government guest house in Rangoon for her 40-minute meeting with Webb. She was later driven back to her rundown, lakeside home. (Boston Globe)
Center offers chance for peace and relaxation Aug 8, 2009
The house is painted in calming colors and features rooms and a guest house where visitors can stay and be calm. Every wall is decorated with Jim s art expertly lit and composed close up photographs of flowers and Asian style brush paintings of similar subjects. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Journalists freed from N. Korea return to U.S. Aug 6, 2009
They were held in a guest house and had not yet been sent to the labor camp because of medical concerns, the sister said. Laura suffers from an ulcer, while Lee has lost 15 pounds since being detained. (AZCentral -- News)
Clinton gets N. Korean deal to free captured journalists Aug 5, 2009
This was never really about them, they were being kept in a guest house for dignitaries and allowed to call home periodically to tell people they were being treated well. It s what you re not seeing that counts here. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Groups interrupt rail announcement Aug 5, 2009
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As deadline looms, key opponents demand changes in healthcare bill Jul 29, 2009
The 22 officials with Cabinet rank plan to meet Friday and Saturday with White House senior staff at Blair House, the government s guest house, for a working retreat. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to visit the group Friday. (Boston Globe)
High ceilings, leaded windows in Colonial Jul 19, 2009
It also has plumbing to turn it into an indoor kid s club, man cave, or guest house. There is an open house today, from 2 to 4 p.m.. (Boston Globe)
Discounts abound as tourism to Thailand drops Jul 1, 2009
"We are still fully booked every day and are offering no special deals," said Bern Poednie of Julie's Guest House in the northern city of Chiang Mai. Authorities are hoping that Thai vacationers will help fill the gap by traveling around the country. (Yahoo News)
Unexpected and ancient, rustic and alluring Jun 28, 2009
The boar whose head sat on the wall had run across the property next to the guest house. I asked him if he had eaten the boar. (Boston Globe)
Neighbors fear racetrack is done deal Jun 28, 2009
There's a man-made lake and a boathouse whose upper floors are used as a guest house and artist's studio. Oh, yes; there is also a 1. (Albany Times Union)
The deal about York Jun 28, 2009
The cozy guest house, circa 1880s, has a giant chessboard table on the enclosed porch that overlooks Short Sands Beach. Room rates jump in high season but last-minute midweek and Internet specials can be found. (Boston Globe)
The Clique By Lisi Harrison Jun 25, 2009
Claire moves into Massie's guest house ... She had to cancel spa and shopping plans with her four best friends to meet the girl who was moving into her guest house in Westchester, New York. (Suite101.com)
Design Showhome structure has green theme Jun 22, 2009
Later it became a residence for athletes and dignitaries and eventually a guest house and hotel. To this day, people remember the parties and dances that were hosted in the mansion, says Callan. (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Global campaign marks Suu Kyi's 64th birthday Jun 20, 2009
Suu Kyi, who is being held in a "guest house" at Yangon's notorious Insein Prison, faces up to five years in jail on charges of violating the terms of her house arrest after an uninvited American man swam to her tightly guarded lakeside home and stayed two days. Several miles (kilometers) from the prison, hundreds of supporters released 64 sparrows and 10 doves at the headquarters of her National League for Democracy party and sang "Happy Birthday.". (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Myanmar dissident Suu Kyi turns 64 Jun 20, 2009
Suu Kyi, who is being held in a "guest house" at Yangon's notorious Insein Prison, faces up to five years in jail on charges of violating the terms of her house arrest after an uninvited American man swam to her tightly guarded lakeside home and stayed two days. advertisement. (MSNBC -- International)
Just when you think you've seen it all on Cape Cod ... May 31, 2009
There's little doubt that on Cape Cod, where thousands return annually to air out their summer cottages or book the same two weeks at the same guest house, familiarity breeds content. But even here, change can be good. (Boston Globe)
$8M Pflueger home for sale (72) May 31, 2009
39-acre property at 4460-C Kuhio Highway features a three-bedroom, three-bathroom main house and a one-bedroom, three-bathroom guest house, according to public records, as well as an authentic Japanese tea house at the highest point, agricultural worker quarters with equipment storage, a citrus orchard and a tennis court, according to its listing. It has been assessed at roughly $1. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Backers: Suu Kyi needs urgent care May 30, 2009
Myanmar's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday that Suu Kyi, who is being held in a prison "guest house," is being "provided with adequate healthcare and she is in good health." The government earlier said a team of doctors was taking care of her. Closing arguments were rescheduled for Friday. (Boston Globe)
Burmese dissident denies violation May 27, 2009
Yesterday, the government ended her current six-year term a day before its expiration, in effect transferring her detention to the harsher conditions of Insein prison, where she is being held in a special "guest house.". "She is free from that detention order, but really she is not free," said her lawyer, U Nyan Win, speaking from Rangoon, the main city in Burma. (Boston Globe)
Double R Custom Homes Completes Construction of Custom Contemporary Home in Las Campanas Home Development, Santa Fe, NM May 25, 2009
The home also features a comfortable 700 square foot guest house. Larranaga is also a decorator and custom furniture manufacturer. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Myanmar junta allows glimpse of Suu Kyi trial May 20, 2009
She was to meet privately with diplomats from Russia, Thailand and Singapore at her prison guest house later. It was not clear if the trial would be open on Thursday. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Myanmar's Suu Kyi hopes for 'better days' May 20, 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi then went for a meeting with the ambassadors of Thailand, Singapore and Russia at a so-called "guest house" inside the prison compound. The Nobel Peace Prize winner faces up to five years in jail if convicted of charges of breaching her house arrest stemming from an incident earlier this month in which an American man, John Yettaw, swam to her lakeside house. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Containers may be last word in studio living May 14, 2009
The longer container would be set up as a living unit and the smaller unit could be a guest house, office or artist's studio. Assuming he gets permits from Phoenix, he plans to put the units on a lot he owns near Grand Avenue and Roosevelt Street and begin renting them this fall. (AZCentral -- Business)
American being held by Burmese government May 8, 2009
In February, she was allowed to leave her residence to meet briefly with Ibrahim Gambari, the UN special envoy to Burma, at a government guest house. Her current term of house arrest began in May 2003 after her motorcade, traveling near the northern town of Depayin, was attacked by a mob - with dozens of reported fatalities - in what some analysts believe was an assassination attempt. (Boston Globe)
Cherry treescape makes a striking visual statement Apr 13, 2009
The trees - which line the perimeter of a plot that contains a large grassy lawn for the couple's two young sons, Chase, 11, and Cameron, 9, to play on, a rectangular in-ground pool, and a guest house - provide a colorful contrast to acres of vineyards next door, bare and gray in spring. They've also planted 450 rosebushes (her favorites are 'La Reine Victoria,' 'Etoile de Holland' and 'Mrs. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pope urges earthquake survivors to keep up hope Apr 10, 2009
If you are searching for a rooms in a romantic small hotel, an elegant resort for your holiday or a guest house with swimming pool this is the right place. See Photos, Maps, Candid Reviews, Itineraries package travel Deals. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Map of terror raids Apr 10, 2009
Police also raided a guest house in nearby Pimlico Road ... Adam Howarth, who lives across from the Brooklyn guest house said: "I saw about 15 officers go in the front and the back of the house. It was a bit of a shock. You don't expect this to happen in a market town.". (BBC News -- UK)
Imus home for sale at $30 million Apr 3, 2009
The house is listed for sale with Darlene Leterksy of Fine Homes CT. The property is described as a white clapboard Georgian Revival home with six bedrooms and six and a half bathrooms, eight fireplaces, a new two-bedroom guest house and a renovated two-bedroom gate house with 10 garage spaces and 215 feet of private beach. Imus bought the property for $4. (Westport Minuteman, CT)
Legendary beauties swimming in a sea of myths Mar 30, 2009
Even tony Anguilla has an under $100 a night bed at Lloyd's Guest House and an economical meal at Hungry's Food Van, operated by a former five-star chef. Still too pricey. (Boston Globe)
Woman strangled to death in Jaipur Mar 25, 2009
Woman found strangled to death in Jaipur guest house - Jaipur - Cities - The Times of India ... Woman found strangled to death in Jaipur guest house ... JAIPUR: A 29-year-old student was found murdered in a Jaipur guest house just a few hours after she had checked in with a male friend, police said here on Wednesday. (India Times, India)
Two U.S. reporters moved to North Korean capital: report Mar 24, 2009
"We understand the two female reporters are staying at a guest house in the suburb of Pyongyang overseen by the Security Command (the North's intelligence agency) and are being interrogated," the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper quoted an intelligence source as saying. The two, who South Korean media said were named Euna Lee and Laura Ling, were arrested before dawn on March 17 and driven in separate cars the next day to Pyongyang, JoongAng Ilbo quoted intelligence officials as saying. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
A Barber, a Barista and Their Bicycling Dream Mar 22, 2009
Find romantic Bed fast Inns, cozy Cabins or Guest House or charming Historic Inns. Search the complete data base of listings for Whidbey Island. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Feds Shouldn't Prop Up Home Prices Feb 26, 2009
While it's true that you don't get to use the smaller guest house in the back if you're a tenant, you do get an 84 percent discount. Two more examples: A 3br/2ba in the hills in the tony San Francisco suburb of Burlingame costs $3,600 a month, including a gardener. (CBS News)
Nicholas D. Kristof: Sisters, victims, heroes Feb 23, 2009
So I'm bunking with George Clooney in a little room in a guest house here in eastern Chad, near Darfur in Sudan. We each have a mattress on the floor, the "shower" is a rubber hose that doesn't actually produce any water, and George's side of the room has a big splotch of something that sure looks like blood. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Southampton $60 Million Deal Is Top 2008 Home Sale on New York's East End Feb 13, 2009
A six-acre oceanfront estate on Gin Lane sold for $60 million, including eight bedrooms, tennis courts and a guest house, according to a report by property broker Real Estate. That was followed by a $27 million Southampton manse on two ocean-front acres (0. (Bloomberg -- US)
Toni Erikson; innkeeper worked with mentally disabled Feb 13, 2009
Mrs. Erikson, who lived in Falmouth and ran the Sand & Surf Guest House there for more than 20 years, died Feb. 2 at JML Care Center Inc. in Falmouth of complications of pneumonia ... It was 1959 when the couple first bought the guest house on the Cape. (Boston Globe)
After Iraq elections, the next big test is acceptance Feb 10, 2009
Sitting in his tribal guest house not far from the Euphrates River, surrounded by guards, police officers, soldiers, relatives, friends and other hangers-on, the sheik spoke confidently of forging a governing coalition that would exclude the Islamic Party. On the wall are photographs of him with President George W. Bush at the White House and the current president, Barack Obama, from his visit to the region as a candidate last year, evidence of the American-sponsorship of the Awakening movement. (International Herald Tribune)
Lukas Foss, a master of classical complexities Feb 7, 2009
(He once revealed that Katharine Hepburn had seen him in his underwear: He rented her guest house for a time, and Hepburn was not prone to knock. At the same time, he mistrusted the charm he displayed so effectively, once remarking that the greatest artists "walk on stage the same way they walk to the bathroom: in a hurry, nothing charismatic." His 1959 one-act opera "Introductions and Goodbyes" sardonically distills a social gathering into nine minutes of greetings and names. (Boston Globe)
