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  • My childrens live in nanny from the early ninties until they were grown and still close family friend was a young Afgan woman named Nelifar (we called her Nilo) who was at the time pregnant and seperated from her Samali husband.

    Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines 2009

  • The Luo speak a Nilo-Saharan language and are thought of as a people of Sudanese origin, but genetically they have a heavy mixture of Bantu speakers 'genes, Dr. Tishkoff said.

    Kasama 2009

  • The Luo speak a Nilo-Saharan language and are thought of as a people of Sudanese origin, but genetically they have a heavy mixture of Bantu speakers 'genes, Dr. Tishkoff said.

    Kasama 2009

  • "Nilo," the master said in Greek, "bring me the two malachite rings -- those with the turquoise eyes."

    The Prince of India — Volume 01 Lewis Wallace 1866

  • Reuters Carmine Alcide, owner of Bar Nilo, points to a small altar containing hair believed to belong to former Napoli and Argentina star Diego Armando Maradona.

    Napoli Still Loves Sinning Saint Eric Sylvers 2011

  • Directed by Denis McCourt for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Nilo Cruz's "Anna in the Tropics" reminds us that there is a downside to technological progress.

    James Scarborough: Anna in the Tropics Long Beach Shakespeare Company James Scarborough 2011

  • I learned my own limitations a few years ago at Nilo Farms, the shooting preserve owned by Winchester ammunition.

    Long-Range Shotgunning 2009

  • Directed by Denis McCourt for the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Nilo Cruz's "Anna in the Tropics" reminds us that there is a downside to technological progress.

    James Scarborough: Anna in the Tropics Long Beach Shakespeare Company James Scarborough 2011

  • That hair is now part of a Maradona altar that has adorned the outside of Bar Nilo since 1993.

    Napoli Still Loves Sinning Saint Eric Sylvers 2011

  • Not far from Costa's pizzeria in the city's old quarter, is Bar Nilo where Bruno Alcidi , the 50-year-old owner, has taken inspiration from the many little altars that dot the streets and courtyards of Naples to create his own homage to Maradona.

    Napoli Still Loves Sinning Saint Eric Sylvers 2011

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