PARISJadranka Kosor, who was designated Friday to become Croatia's first woman prime minister, has several peers the world over. Here is a list: Heads of government: - GERMANY: Angela Merkel became Germany's first woman chancellor when she was elected in November 2005. -...
LEFTOVERS can be tasty. Skip to next paragraph MultimediaTrailer: 'SoulPower' Enlarge This Image Antidote Films/Sony Pictures B. B. King and Celia Cruz at the Zaire 74 music festival, seen in the documentary 'Soul Power.' Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, the director of the new...
It might seem like a moment just too good for the White House to pass up – America’s first black president, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa, looking out over a sea of jubilant faces, delivering a message of friendship and hope. Yet President Barack...
Click photo to enlargeLynne Champion, of Melbourne, Australia, poses near the gates of the late Michael Jackson's former residence, Neverland Ranch, in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. «12345»NEW YORK—The memorial for Michael Jackson may be...
In 1948, May Wigen Breivik worked five days a week at a travel agency in Stavanger, Norway. As she booked customers' trips to the United States, she never imagined that she would soon be one of those passengers sailing to a new life in America. Per Haugstad Breivik was...
In the heart of Minneapolis on Riverside Avenue, Somalimen gather on the white plastic chairs outside Starbucks. The strong aroma of fresh coffee hovers around them. Mohamoud Hassan publicizes his upcoming soccer tournament in which he'll coach. Abahualah Tama explains...
updated 4:10 p.m. ET July 3, 2009 This week's deadly jetliner crash in the IndianOcean brought to light complaints that some of the airline's flights lacked seat belts and were standing-room-only. An AP correspondent recalls 30 years of flying in Africa and elsewhere...
webPhoto: Christine Jayasinghe/IRIN DAKAR, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) - Paddy rice production in Africa is forecast to be 25.6 million tons this year, virtually unchanged from the record harvest of 2008. But despite the projections most countries are also expected to increase...
Comment RSS Email Print Newsweek slamming Oprah June 2009 Top 10 ways to improve your health The current state of health care can be cold, remote and somewhat inhumane. It is too costly and often as late as those...
