In What Was 'Heaven on Earth,' 18 Holes and 13 Dead
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SRINAGAR, India -- Everyone from Buddha to Led Zeppelin found inspiration in the stunningly beautiful Kashmir Valley, with its fields of wildflowers, stream-laced forests and glaciered Himalayan mountains.
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Considering her age, which is often overlooked in this saga, it was hardly an upset that the catchword of the day was used 13 times. Fun. Michelle Wie had fun last week, was looking to have more fun this week, because to her golf was all about fun.
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Dead bodies do not spread disease but  mass burials after disasters, such as this week's killer floods  in Haiti, cause unnecessary suffering to surviving relatives,  the United Nations' health agency said Friday. Citing mass  graves being dug in the Caribbean island, where over 1,000  people were killed by tropical storm Jeanne, the World Health  Organization (WHO) said it was a wasteful misconception that  cadavers caused epidemics.
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RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Polish rescuers found 13 more bodies overnight from Tuesday's coal mine disaster, taking the death toll so far to 21, officials said on Thursday.
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Golf finally felt easy to Jeff Sluman, and it wasn't hard to see why. From a fairway bunker on the 18th hole, he had to play a 20-yard hook to avoid the trees and reach the elevated green. His 7-iron stopped 16 inches from the cup for his ninth birdie, a course-record 62 and a two-shot lead in the Chrysler Championship on Thursday.
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Thirteen people have been killed and tens of thousands affected by floods sparked by heavy rain across a swathe of Thailand, the United Nations' emergency aid agency has said.
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ST ANDREWS (Scotland) - Graeme McDowell, taking a page out of Tiger Woods&#39; book, eclipsed the world Nos 1 and 2 plus a host of celebrities, by destroying St Andrews&#39; Old Course with a record-equalling 10-under 62 on Thursday.
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- For a second straight British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links, players in the lead made a mess of the 18th hole.
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In the 13 years since Oakmont Country Club last hosted a U.S. Open, more than 5,000 trees have been removed while retaining its difficulty level.
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Golfer Arnold Palmer                   77  Country singer Tommy Overstreet        69  Actress Amy Irving                     53  Movie director Guy Ritchie             38  Actor Ryan Phillippe                   32  (c) 2006 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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The first surprise at blustery Bulle Rock was that someone could make eight birdies and shoot 65. That gave way to a greater mystery Saturday at the LPGA Championship. Just who is Na On Min?
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By S.J  I REFER to the report "The life drains out of Pedu Lake" (NST, Jan 31).   The failure of the resorts at Pedu Lake has little or nothing to do with the discovery of old graves, lack of promotion or remoteness as claimed.
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About 7.6 million people will die  this year worldwide from various types of cancer, with lung  cancer -- heavily driven by smoking -- killing 975,000 men and  376,000 women, the American Cancer Society said on Monday.
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Golf finally felt easy to Jeff Sluman, and it wasn't hard to see why. From a fairway bunker on the 18th hole, he had to play a 20-yard hook to avoid the trees and reach the elevated green. His 7-iron stopped 16 inches from the cup for his ninth birdie, a course-record 62, and a two-shot lead in the Chrysler ...
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An estimated 12,000 people were killed in half a dozen countries across South and Southeast Asia, with thousands more missing or unreachable.
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At least 18 people are killed and many more injured in severe storms across the southern US.
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The city of Colma, Calif., has seen its golf course sliced in half as well as its pet cemetery to make room for more graveyards.