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WORLD / NEWS Thu May 24, 2007 @ 10:40am neoform

USA Today -- Pope Benedict XVI, who has been criticized by Indian rights groups, said Wednesday the church does not gloss over the injustices that accompanied the Christian colonization of Latin America and lamented that indigenous peoples' basic rights were often tra.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Oct 27, 2006 @ 2:07pm mrmdc

Telegraph -- America is the only country to have voted against a proposed United Nations treaty aimed at controlling international arms sales... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Thousands of residents and tourists have been fleeing coastal areas in Central America as Hurricane Felix churns through the Caribbean. It has become a category five storm for the second time, with winds at 257km/h (160mph). Forecasters warn it is "ext.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 8:11am neoform

CNN -- Hurricane Felix threatened to bring catastrophic rain and mudslides to Central America early Tuesday as it grew into a top-level Category 5 storm. Felix's top wind speed increased to 160 mph (260 kph) shortly before it was due to make landfall along the N.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Jun 22, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- An 80-year-old woman who moved to Scotland from America in 1929 has been told she could be deported as an illegal immigrant. Marguerite Grimmond was born in Detroit but moved to Arbroath with her Scottish mother when she was two. At the beginning of.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 4:50pm neoform

CNN -- Africa is generally seen as the continental poor relation in business school terms, lagging behind North America, Europe and Asia, even South America. However, as detailed before on Executive Education (click here), Africa does have a number of top sch.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 11:17am neoform

Economist -- RUSSIA is a strong, sovereign and prosperous country, surrounded by enemies and traitors who are bent on undermining its geopolitical power. Upstarts such as Estonia and Poland are trying to spoil Russia’s far more important relationships with proper Eu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat May 12, 2007 @ 6:28pm neoform

CNN -- Drug traffickers will face divine justice for the scourge of illegal narcotics across Latin America, Pope Benedict XVI warned Saturday, telling dealers that "human dignity cannot be trampled upon in this way." Traffickers must "reflect on the grave har.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat May 12, 2007 @ 11:16am neoform

FOX News -- A Guyanese beauty queen and reigning Mrs. South America was charged Friday with strangling her wealthy husband, who was found dead at the couple's estate in the capital. Carolan Lynch, who was crowned last October, was not required to enter a plea when.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 16, 2007 @ 11:34am neoform

CNN -- Pope Benedict XVI will make his first trip to Latin America in May, a visit to Brazil to address the region's Roman Catholic bishops, the Vatican said Friday. The pope will depart from Rome, Italy, on May 9 and remain in Sao Paulo, Brazil, until May 11.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Dec 12, 2006 @ 11:06am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- In the fight against cruelty, barbarism and extremism, America has embraced the very evils it claims to confront... Read More