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English C1.1.2 Turma A

Tuesday, 22 April 2008

Kite Runner resources

Just a few links I have come across - they 'link' back to thé power point we saw in class:
Election candidate - Sabrina Sagheb
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/south_asia_afghan_election_candidate/html/1.stm
One day in Afghanistan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4238042.stm38042.stm
Frida's notebook on Afghanistan
http://www.fridasnotebook.typepad.com/
Panorama – taking on the Taliban
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Afghanistan&recipe=all&start=18&scope=all
History of Afghan conflict
http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Afghanistan&recipe=all&start=1&scope=all&link=previousbin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Afghanistan&recipe=all&start=1&scope=all&link=previous
Interview with Khaled Hoseini
•http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Afghanistan&recipe=all&start=1&scope=all&link=previousbin/search/results.pl?tab=av&q=Afghanistan&recipe=all&start=1&scope=all&link=previous
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