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The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll shows President Obama's approval rating has risen to 50 percent and he's opened up a six-point lead against Mitt Romney. In part, that's because the primary is hurting Romney. A majority of Americans who are closely following the campaign say they disapprove of what they're hearing among the Republicans, and by 2 to 1, Americans say that the more they ...
Read More... Star Alliance enabled online booking for users of its Conventions Plus large-event program.Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:28:02 -0800
Attendees on a dedicated site can search and book flights on Star carriers at discounted Conventions Plus rates, generally 10 percent to 20 percent below published fares.
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Read More... Europe's Rights Chief Offers Advice on RussiaWed, 25 Jan 2012 21:56:13 -0800
Europe's outgoing human rights chief has some advice for the Latvian national who will succeed him: travel to Russia often to win the respect of local officials and press them hard to fulfill their promises.
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Dr. Brent Kinser started playing the five-string banjo at 12-years-old. Not many people can say they were named the "most promising bluegrass player in America", played in bands across the U.S. and Europe and have met and played with U2.
Read More... Europe's lost generation: how it feels to be young and struggling in the EUTue, 31 Jan 2012 07:16:55 -0800
Viola Caon left her Italian home to find work. Now she returns to see how her former classmates are faring… and in the week that shocking figures showed how badly Europe's youth is being hit by the unemployment crisis, we also talk to hard-hit twentysomethings in Athens and Madrid Maybe being young is never easy. But being a twentysomething young European has rarely been more stressful. More ...
Read More... 2012 in Beatles News and Releases: An OverviewWed, 11 Jan 2012 19:42:59 -0800
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Read More... Food agenda: Gourmet Abu DhabiFri, 03 Feb 2012 02:12:53 -0800
This week's food agenda highlight travels to Abu Dhabi, where the affluent Middle Eastern city hosts a star-studded culinary festival throughout the month. Here are some other major food and gastronomy events throughout the world.
Read More... Book review: Lessons from Nuremberg on trying 9/11 suspects in "Justice and the Enemy"Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:23:45 -0800
Fully four years ago the United States made ready to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the so-called "mastermind" of the 9/11 attacks, and four others at a military tribunal. The case against the five men, as outlined by William Shawcross in this brief but immensely useful book, was sweeping:
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VALENCIA, Spain - This ancient city on Spain's Mediterranean coast has long drawn visitors to its UNESCO-cited, late Gothic silk exchange; its restored modernist central market; its plenitude of paella restaurants; and its old-fashioned cafes serving horchata, or chilled tiger-nut milk, a smooth and refreshing local specialty.
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