Cloud Over Gaza: A Silver Lining? (Time Magazine)

It's not easy to be an optimist living in the Middle East.

Nursing Homes are star hotels with costly medical facilities? (Central Chronicle)

Birthday/marriage parties should be simple, sober? Mahesh Kapasi: With lots of money, many people (including black money especially rich people) have now birthday / marriages take place in five star hotels farm houses, just to use their black money and show their high status!

A running program that fits your stride (Newsday)

Four-part series spells out the keys to exercise success for a healthier 2009. The best-laid resolutions to get fit can quickly crumble with no plan in place and no budget for a personal trainer. Don't worry -- we asked fitness experts to map out monthlong strategies to jump-start running, cycling, swimming and strength-training programs designed to remove the confusion and intimidation many ...

Fitness calendar (Asheville Citizen-Times)

Submit entries at least two weeks in advance to Fitness Calendar, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802, e-mail to melmoore@CITIZEN-TIMES.com or fax to 251-0585.

Health advice: 50 ways to boost your wellbeing (Daily Telegraph)

Go fly a kite join a boot camp take up hulahooping or even just rearrange the furniture - getting your mind and body into shape does not have to involve the gym.