U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers
Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...
Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...
AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
OSLO — A man has been arrested in Norway trying to smuggle two dozen snakes and geckos into the country by hiding them under his clothes.
Customs agent Helge Breilid said Monday the 22-year-old Norwegian citizen was apprehended in the southern town of Kristiansand after getting off a ferry from Hirtshals, Denmark. He said the man had 14 royal pythons and 10 albino leopard geckos under his clothes.
Breilid said the non-venomous snakes – the smallest species in the python family – were hidden in stockings duct-taped to the man's abdomen. The geckos were in boxes taped to his thighs.
Customs officials found the reptiles, which are not endangered, Sunday during a search following the discovery of a tarantula in one of the man's bags.
Michael Kubin | Posted 10.13.2009 | Comedy
What will President Obama say in his Nobel Peace Prize lecture? Eleven possible quibbles, questions and quotations: you decide.
Huffington Post | Posted 10.10.2009 | World
Barack Obama was far from the only one surprised by his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize Friday morning. This evening ABC News aired a short video cli...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home
President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize early Friday morning, and HuffPost bloggers have offered opinions that range from skeptical to angry to adulatory.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.09.2009 | Comedy
A spokesman for the Nobel committee said she hoped that Mr. Obama's victory would be seen not only as a victory for him, but "as a tribute to the healing power of beer."
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home
OSLO -- President Obama today won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prizey for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation...
The Huffington Post | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva, Tokyo and New York have been dubbed the most expensive cities in the world. The UBS "Prices and Earnings" survey of...
Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.22.2009 | World
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has positioned himself -- and Egypt's diplomatic initiatives -- at the head of the Arab camp's efforts to bring peace to the region.
Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.18.2009 | World
Imagine if in the past fifteen years you have been allowed all the trappings of a state. Since 1996 you have been allowed to field an Olympic team. That you have an elected parliament and an elected president.
Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | World
The Sri Lankan government has battled the Tamil Tigers on two fronts for almost three decades: on the battlefield and in the arena of world opinion. No one thought they could win militarily, but they did.
WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home
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WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home
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WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.18.2009 | Home
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Laurie David | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
The festival of lights is another Nobel tradition and it ended with Al Gore and Dr. Pachauri stepping onto the hotel balcony and waving thanks.
Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York