Over the years, nearly one thousand unique, and often threatened, heritage properties have been identified.

UNESCO: Building the Wealth of Nations

One of the most beloved pieces Matisse made during those last few years is an abstract take on "One Thousand and One Nights, " the famed collection of Middle Eastern folk tales relayed by the fictional Scheherazade each evening to avoid death at the hands of a murderous Persian king.

WSJ: Matisse's The Thousand and One Nights in Pittsburgh

Denmark and Scandinavian governments are also considering limiting the practice of circumcision which has constituted one of the foundational rituals of Judaism for four thousand years.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Israel faces the cynical world

With more than one hundred thousand servicemembers slated to transition back to civilian life over the coming years, this raises an important question: are institutions of higher education prepared for the influx?

FORBES: Our Returning Military: We Need to Do More

This was one of almost two thousand missions that have been conducted over the last couple of years, night after night.

NEWYORKER: Getting Bin Laden

It rankles a bit to hear such a marvellous explanation of the forces that created the mid-Atlantic rift that bisects Iceland on the Thingvellir plain near Reykjavik, but no hint that Europe's first parliament, the foundation of one of the most prosperous and democratic societies on earth, met just over a thousand years ago on that exact same spot.

ECONOMIST: Island life

The one-to-one link between the peso and the dollar has restored some faith in recent years, removing the thousand-per-cent inflation common before the 1990s, but at the cost of exports which are priced out of their target markets.

BBC: Argentina faces grim economic future

One had badly worsening heart disease and diabetes, and medical bills over two years in excess of eighty thousand dollars.

NEWYORKER: The Hot Spotters

The Hub was opened on 31 January 2012, which Mr Keir said was "a culmination of 40 years of campaigning" and he said it was "a fantastic day" with more than one thousand people attending.

BBC: Drum Brae Library debate