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Not Mexican Independence Day: Cinco de Mayo

Rep. Joe Baca | Posted May 5, 2008 | Politics

Read More: California, Cinco De Mayo, Cinco De Mayo History, Civil War, Confederacy, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, England, Europe, France, History, Mexican Independence Day, Mexico, Spain, Texas, Ucla

Every year, as we approach the 5th of May, stores and companies begin to promote Cinco de Mayo in their storefronts and through their advertisements. There are office parties, full of festive decorations, and children at school might have the opportunity to take a swing at a piñata. This splendor...

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George Bush, Gordon Brown Press Conference: Bush Offers Brown A Well-Done Hamburger

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | April 17, 2008 03:45 PM

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, visiting the U.S., held a joint press conference with President Bush this afternoon. One reporter asked the two leaders if the "special relationship" between the U.S. and Britain had been damaged during the years when...

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Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, Won't Attend Olympics Opening Ceremony

AP | April 9, 2008 04:59 PM

Read More: Britain, British Prime Minister, England, Gordon Brown, Gordown Brown Olympics Opening, Olympics, Olympics Opening Ceremony, Prime Minister Gordown Brown Britain, Uk, United Kingdom

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Brown's office said he was not boycotting the Olympics and would attend the closing ceremony. Brown has been under intense...

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Raucous Protests Greet Olympic Flame

AP | BRYAN MITCHELL | April 6, 2008

Read More: Beijing Olympics, China, England, London, London Olympic Torch Arrests, London Olympic Torch Protests, Olympic Torch, Olympic Torch London, Olympics

LONDON — Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London....

My Super [Bitter]Sweet British Tuesday

Fernanda Diaz | Posted February 6, 2008 | Politics

Read More: Elections, England, Super Tuesday

Despite what turned out to be quite the anticlimactic night in terms of results, I spent Super Tuesday evening busily discussing the election at a party and then watching the results come in on a tiny TV in a friend's living room. This is normal enough, except I was the...

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Revealed: Britain's $2 Billion Olympics Black Hole

London Times | Jill Sherman | January 14, 2008 10:00 PM

Read More: $2 Billion Olympics, Britain, Britain Olympics Debt, England, Olympics

Britain faces a £1 billion black hole after the 2012 Olympics because of "ludicrous" property price projections backed by ministers, it emerged last night. Today the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats will, for the first time, vote against government plans to...

How To Tie a Necktie

Steven Denlinger | Posted January 4, 2008 | Living

SECRETS ARE FUNNY things. All families have them. Skeletons in the closet. Things you don't talk about in polite company. Usually they involve sex.

I suppose I was fooled when I was young by the virtual openness in our family. My father hated secrets, I think, because of the secrets...

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Launches Special "Royal Channel" On YouTube

AP | THOMAS WAGNER | December 23, 2007 11:39 AM

Read More: Britain, England, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Of England, Royal Channel Youtube, Youtube, Youtube And Queen Elizabeth, Youtube And Queen Of England

Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube Sunday. The queen will use the popular video-sharing Web site to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, which she first...

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British Formally Hand Over Control Of Basra To Iraq Government

AP | LORI HINNANT | December 16, 2007 09:36 AM

Read More: Basra, Britain, British, England, Iraq Government And Basra And British Troops, Iraq War, Southern Iraq, Uk, United Kingdom, War In Iraq, War On Terror, Warwire

British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes will be a transition to a mission aimed at aiding the economy and providing jobs in an...

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Of Tent Revivals, Wayward Husbands and Chicken Dinners

Steven Denlinger | Posted November 24, 2007 | Living

AN OLD JOKE: A BORN-again Baptist dies and goes to heaven. He is met by St. Peter, who begins to show him the wonders of heaven: water of life, golden streets, personal mansion, special pew in the heavenly choir.

But something odd happens as they approach a very small compound...

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Britain To Withdraw Nearly Half Of Its Iraq Troops

AP | DAVID STRINGER | October 8, 2007 12:04 PM

Read More: Britain, England, Iraq Troop Cut, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Iraq War, Uk

Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops in Iraq beginning next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, leaving a contingent of 2,500 soldiers in the highly unpopular war. Brown told lawmakers the move is possible because of improving security...

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Rule, Britannia? UK To Lay Claim To Vast Swaths Of South Atlantic

The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Bowcott | September 21, 2007 08:00 PM

Read More: Atlantic Ocean, Britannia, England, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, Natural Gas, Oceans, Oil, Oil And Gas Exploration, Rule, South Atlantic, United Kingdon

Britain is preparing territorial claims on tens of thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean floor around the Falklands, Ascension Island and Rockall in the hope of annexing potentially lucrative gas, mineral and oil fields, the Guardian has learned....

The Pint Lives On: EU Caves To Allow 'Imperial Measurements'

New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | September 11, 2007 01:41 PM

Read More: Beer, Britain, British, England, Imperial, Ireland, Irish, Medieval, Metric System, Pint

Britons and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled today that the countries could retain measurements dating back to...