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Brazil Passionate to Host 2016 Olympics

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 06.03.2009 | World


Eric Ehrmann

The International Olympic Selection Committee just completed a week long visit to Rio and prospects seem good that the Olympics will come to South America for the first time.

A Terrorized City and Traumatized Nation

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics


Charles Karel Bouley

Never again, we won't be terrorized, we can't let them win, we're more prepared than ever before.

Spain Marks 5-Year Anniversary Of Madrid Train Bombing

Typically Spanish | Posted 04.11.2009 | World


192 people lost their lives on March 11 2004 as ten bombs exploded across commuter trains on their way to Atocha station...

A New Approach to Terrorism

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics


Kerry Kennedy

A war on terror which undermines the most basic values of society -- life, liberty, the rule of law -- is not worth waging if we end up creating a society which mirrors the repression we battled in the first place.

Pope Urges Spanish Catholics To Protect Family Values

AFP | Posted 01.29.2009 | World


Hundreds of thousands of people Sunday attended an open-air Catholic mass in Madrid designed to promote family values in a country where the Socialist...

Eleven Other Countries with Big Auto Industry Problems

Steve Parker | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

Here's some of what's happening, mostly with GM, in Europe and Asia, two markets outside the U.S. hit hardest by the slowing automobile business.

2016 Olympics Panel Picks Chicago For First Stop

Chicago Tribune | Philip Hersh | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago


Chicago will be the first city visited by the International Olympic Committee's 2016 Summer Games evaluation commission next year, according to a Chic...

Shoes Steal The Shows: Spring 2009's Walk On The Wild Side (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 10.23.2008 | Style


With Spring 2009 trends stomping down runways worldwide it seems designers from Madrid to London to Paris to Milan to New York are complimenting, or e...

Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153

AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home


MADRID, Spain — A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the...