2 days ago by Valerie Nelson

Go ahead, Google this: "Fidel Castro," "rumors” and "death" and see what pops up. Yes, the Internet, that virtual bastion of unverified dispatches, is once again frantically aflutter with “news” that the ailing 83-year-old former Cuban president may have died. “Rumors of Fidel Castro’s Death Swirl A ...

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2 days ago by Valerie Nelson

A Calabasas historic document dealer recently purchased what may have been the last autograph signed by President Kennedy. Joe Maddalena paid $39,000 for a copy of the Dallas Morning News with the president’s signature, according to Heritage Auctions, the company that sold the item. When a Dallas wo ...

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4 days ago by Neke

President Barack Obama made his first trip to Asia this past week. Check out the highlights from his visit to Beijing! RELATED: Obama Meets With World Leaders To Discuss Environment & Economy Obama Hosts Ramadan Dinner

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5 days ago by Michael DeZubiria

It is famously a sensitive tightrope that Obama is walking in his tour of Asia, particularly in his present visit to three Chinese cities – Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong – although it often seems that he’s walking a tightrope with China’s leading officials more than he is with the Chinese people. ...

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6 days ago by Moron Detector

Muammar Qaddafi doesn't think Islam discriminates against women! LOL Today’s Moron – Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qaddafi This very strange man over the weekend held a ‘talk’ at the Libyan Embassy in Italy where over 100 women were gathered to hear the leader speak. What Qaddafi had to talk about was hi ...

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9 days ago by Meghan

I just wanted to bring this to everyone’s attention, because it sure caught mine. Back on February 28th, 2008, Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize, and her wish was to create a Charter for Compassion that could be honoured worldwide. Over 150,000 people from 180 countries, including 18 prominent relig ...

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9 days ago by dpmccarthy

Denmark has formally invited the leaders of United Nations member countries to the U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal, the government said on Thursday. Copenhagan The invitations are sent by letter from Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to t ...

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12 days ago by Watching Movies Online

The wives of world leaders are connecting with people online in addition to the usual state visits. So who is most tweetworthy?

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12 days ago by agebuster

The front page of the NYTimes today (11/09/09) has a picture of Nelson Mandela “in twilight at 91.” Twilight, according to the American Heritage dictionary, is “ a condition of dim or diffused illumination.” But the picture, which was taken last May, shows a laughing, well-dressed, vigorous-faced ma ...

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18 days ago by Europe News | Business

PARIS (Reuters) - Six weeks after world leaders vowed to rebalance the global economy, finance officials are set this weekend to struggle with the complex, politically sensitive process of building a mechanism to achieve that goal.

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