[imc-oxford-features] 301467 as a feature?

[owen at riseup.net]

If we promote it to an Oxford regional feature, it will disappear from
the UK newswire, and I think it's quite relevant to the rest of the site
as well as to Oxford. However, I'm not sure it qualifies as a UK feature,
without linking it to much more stuff and making it less oxford-relevant!

So instead I would propose the following as an oxford feature
(just the first paragraph and a pointer to the newswire report):

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title:  How I knew Arafat had died - Palestine diary

I knew Arafat had finally (officially at least) died when the 1st mosque
call of Thursday morning didn't end. As usual it began around 4am but on
Thursday it continued until 12 noon. Partly in denial and partial in early
morning confusion I dragged myself out of bed as usual and began walking
down to the main street. I passed Ream – my land lady. Ream didn’t offer
her usual recognition. Her black figure walked passed quickly; she was in
a hurry to mourn. The streets looked strange. They were filled only with
an unusual atmosphere. The shop doors were all shut and firmly locked,
hiding the usual colour and vibrancy of Beit Sahour, while turning the
beautiful stone walls of the old city into a metal corridor.

(Extract of a diary from Bex Tyrer from Oxford, writing from Beit Sahour,
Palestine)

[read full report]
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Owen the teller of strange and wonderful stories


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> should we promote "How i knew Arafat had died - Palestine diary",
> http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/2004/11/301467.html , to a
> feature on the oxford site?
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