South Sudanese President Says Country Open for Business
South Sudan became an independent nation in July, and it’s looking for business. An international conference in Washington Wednesday and Thursday is focusing on the new country in Africa and featuring...
View ArticleIstanbul Working to Make Mosques More Female-Friendly
InTurkey’s largest city, a revolution is occurring in its mosques. A project has been launched to make the mosques female friendly. But the initiative is not without controversy. Kadriye Avci Erdemli...
View ArticleBurma’s Year of Change Raises Hopes
Burma’s military-backed, but nominally civilian, government has surprised critics with its political and economic reforms this past year. The liberal moves resulted in a visit by U.S. Secretary of...
View ArticleGingrich Leads Republican Presidential Race Polls
In less than three weeks, Republican voters in the Midwestern state of Iowa will attend caucus meetings to express their preference in the race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Iowa...
View Article‘The Artist’ Leads Golden Globes Nominations
A French film that pays tribute to the silent movie era leads in nominations for the Golden Globes, a high-profile Hollywood award that recognizes the year’s best achievements in film and television....
View ArticleU-2 Spy Plane Still Flying High
One of the oldest planes the United States Air Force still flies is used to carry out some of America’s most sensitive and critical missions. Whether it’s aiding NATO troops in Afghanistan, providing...
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens obituary
For most of his career, Christopher Hitchens, who has died aged 62, was the left’s biggest journalistic star, writing and broadcasting with wit, style and originality in a period when such qualities...
View ArticleChristopher Hitchens dies aged 62
The writer, journalist and contrarian Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62 after crossing the border into the “land of malady” on being diagnosed with an oesophageal cancer in June 2010....
View ArticlePEPSI TO PAY $3.13 MILLION AND MADE MAJOR POLICY CHANGES TO RESOLVE EEOC...
Company’s Former Use Of Criminal Background Checks Discriminated Based On Race, Agency Found MINNEAPOLIS – Pepsi Beverages (Pepsi), formerly known as Pepsi Bottling Group, has agreed to pay $3.13...
View ArticleWisconsin’s Laura Kaeppeler crowned Miss America
LAURA Kaeppeler of Wisconsin won the 2012 Miss America crown yesterday at a Las Vegas pageant that was updated with a reality TV format including a surprise “save” for one contestant and on camera...
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