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Time Zones
Religion and Science Blend in a Centuries-Old Ritual
HELWAN, Egypt, Aug. 30 -- In sync with the sun and the moon, the traditions of 1,400 years and the acts of Muslims all over the world, members of one of Egypt's seven official moon-sighting committees pulled into a parking lot high on a ridge overlooking hazy Cairo at sunset Saturday.
 
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Time Zones: On Patrol to Prevent Hazing (Post, August 9, 2008, Page A09)
 
Time Zones: Aficionados Lament That Their Beloved Bollywood Works Get No Respect (Post, July 28, 2008, Page A12)
 
TIME ZONES: Goa's Hippie-Era Holdover Is a Shopping Dream (Post, July 14, 2008, Page A09)
 
Time Zones: Three Hours in a Moscow Banya: Where Spirits Lift On Billows of Steam (Post, July 13, 2008, Page A10)
 
In a Centuries-Old Plaza, the Quiet Hum of Electric Typewriters: An Hour or So With a Mexican Scribe (Post, June 13, 2008, Page A08)
 
TIME ZONES | TWO HOURS WITH A BRITISH POP STAR -- IN IRAN: Appealing to a Country's Heart With Good Old-Fashioned Charm (Post, May 30, 2008, Page A08)
 
TIME ZONES: A Morning With a Street Vendor in Niger: The Marketplace Where Everybody Knows Her Name (Post, April 28, 2008, Page A10)
 
An Afternoon at a Pakistani Multiplex: A Plush, Cool Escape Into the Fanciful World of Bollywood (Post, April 21, 2008, Page A10)
 
2 1/2 Hours of Amity and Archery in Bhutan: Weekends in the Field, Where Play Is the Point (Post, April 10, 2008, Page A10)
 
Time Zones: Friday Night at a Mumbai Hot Spot: Where the Glitterati Go to Listen, Hip-Hop Meets Indian Classical (Post, March 11, 2008, Page A14)
 
Gripes and Goodwill In a 4-Bunk Sleeping Car (Post, March 9, 2008, Page A16)
 
Hurtling Through Centuries of Heritage (Post, February 13, 2008, Page A12)
 
Time Zones: Two Hours on London's Billionaires' Row: At a Top-Drawer Bash, Blini, Bubbly and Gorby (Post, January 31, 2008, Page A15)
 
TIME ZONES: Four Hours in Mumbai With a Teenage Extra: In the Widening World of Reality TV, Being a 'Crowd' Is No Easy Job (Post, January 29, 2008, Page A15)
 
TIME ZONES: An Hour With a Paris Shopping Coach: Chic, Trendy, Romantic, Creative or Original? (Post, January 21, 2008, Page A11)
 
TIME ZONES: Two Hours at Heathrow Airport: Amid the Travel And Fatigue, A Blessed Berth (Post, December 24, 2007, Page A09)
 
Two Hours at a Park in Baghdad: Muslim Holiday a Chance To Ignore and Forget War (Post, December 22, 2007, Page A10)
 
TIME ZONES: Two Hours on a Rio Bravo Ferry: Crossing From Mexico The Old-Fashioned Way, Powered by Forearms (Post, December 14, 2007, Page A30)
 
Time Zones: Two Hours by the Ganges River: With Pen and Paper, a Hindu Priest Helps Pilgrims Trace Their Past (Post, December 10, 2007, Page A12)
 
TIME ZONES: Six Hours in New Delhi's School of Vedas: A Daily Round of Rituals For Boys Becoming Priests (Post, October 18, 2007, Page A16)
 
TIME ZONES An Hour in a Cambodian Temple: From the People's Offerings, A Feast of a Breakfast For a Studious Monk (Post, October 10, 2007, Page A10)
 
Time Zones: Dusk to Dawn in Cairo: Breaking the Fast With Family, Friends And Late-Night Fun (Post, October 5, 2007, Page A14)
 
Pampering A Mysterious Deity With Presents and Rum (Post, September 26, 2007, Page A14)
 
Time Zones: One Hour on Eve of Yom Kippur: A Ritual of Repentance in A Parking Lot (Post, September 22, 2007, Page A09)
 
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