Syrian analysts do not expect this week’s meeting between Syrian foreign minister Walid Moallem and his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner to bring any warmth to relations between the two countries, or to lead to any breakthrough in the Lebanese political crisis. Kouchner and Moallem met to discuss Lebanon on the sidelines of an April 22 […]
Part 20: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 20 JAMES Buenos Dias Los Amigos Today took our ever growing band of Santiago bound pilgrims, my father included, from Sarria to Portomarin. It has to be said that my father has taken to the Camino, in all its shades and forms, like the proverbial duck to water. In the past 24 hours he […]
Cheers for Clinton, Obama; Boos for McCain at Building Trades Meeting
by Mike Hall The 3,000-plus union leaders and activists at the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) National Legislative Conference had plenty to cheer about when Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) pledged their support for rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, workers’ freedom to join unions and other key […]
Steve Ballmer To Go To Yahoo Shareholders To Push Deal
An article by Elizabeth Corcoran in Forbes.com, talks about Mr. NiceGuy Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer getting tough on his bid for ailing Internet portal, Yahoo. Read on: "Dear Members of the Board (Yahoo): It has now been more than two months since we made our proposal to acquire Yahoo! at a 62% premium to […]
History Happening: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman Found
Max Watts, Annandale, Australia March, 2008: Sydney, Kormoran, and Grossman have been found: Oh ! said my American Friend: “I didn’t even know they were lost !” They were. They had been. The Sydney and the Kormoran, together, since 1941. Grossman – perhaps linked, – since 1951. Of Grossman(n), more below. Now, March 2008, 67 […]
US Citizenship To Immigrant Soldiers Killed In Iraq Carries Little Weight To Families
The foster mother of US serviceman Jose Gutierrez is one of those family members that question the value of US citizenship. Gutierrez emigrated from Guatemala to the United States with the aspiration of becoming an architect. But, the hopes and dreams of making it happen were cut short. Gutierrez enlisted in the United States Marine […]
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