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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

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Jim Luce

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 ...

Norwegian accused of skin-crawling snake smuggling

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.

Obama Goes to Oslo: The Quiz

Michael Kubin | Posted 10.13.2009 | Comedy


Michael Kubin

What will President Obama say in his Nobel Peace Prize lecture? Eleven possible quibbles, questions and quotations: you decide.

Obama's Nobel Prize Win: Audience In Oslo Shocked At The News (VIDEO)

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...

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: HuffPost Bloggers Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home


Huffington Post

President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize early Friday morning, and HuffPost bloggers have offered opinions that range from skeptical to angry to adulatory.

Nobel Insiders: Beer Summit Sealed it for Obama

Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.09.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

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."

President Barack Obama wins "09 Nobel Peace Prize

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home

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OSLO -- President Obama today won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prizey for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation...

Comparison Of Global Purchasing Power Finds Oslo, Copenhagen, Zurich, Geneva Most Expensive Cities

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...

Mubarak Stresses Egypt's Peace Role in the Arab World

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 07.22.2009 | World


Firas Al-Atraqchi

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.

Why Palestinians Were So Quick To Reject Netanyahu's Speech

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.18.2009 | World


Daoud Kuttab

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.

In Sri Lanka: Explaining the Tamil Tigers

Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Jim Luce

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.

H1N1 flu, Russia's population and diverse DNA

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home


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H1N1 flu, Russia's population and diverse DNA

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.08.2009 | Home


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Colored shirts, Cuba and Cops

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 05.18.2009 | Home


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Dispatch From Oslo: Nobel's Party Parade

Laurie David | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Laurie David

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.