[imc-oxford-features] 301467 as a feature(PS)

[owen at riseup.net]

And let's tick the world box too so it appears as a feature on the
world page.

(cc-ing uk-feat list to check no-one there objects.
uk-feat people: read stuff below from bottom up :)

Owen the absent-minded ohddeararg of confusion

> 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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