When international climate negotiators convene next month in Copenhagen, Brazilian politician Marina Silva will serve as the conference's unofficial philosopher-activist. A native Amazonian who grew up in a community of...
AFP - England manager Martin Johnson, extraordinarily appointed to his post last year without any previous coaching experience, likes to deflect criticism by saying everyone is entitled to an opinion.
who's on the verge of an unprecedented fourth straight championship. Everybody is your best friend. "But in the same token, it's good to have that support and people paying attention." NASCAR's first Colombian star has an...
Paul Madden, Goal.com 29 minutes ago Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan has declared himself happy after helping Uruguay secure their place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and says he will be ready for Los Colchoneros...
Meritocracy used to be simply a more positive word for elitism to my mind. The word comes up frequently in discussions of elite universities and what they should aspire to. I considered it something good, a value, but the...
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National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution is duly and reverently celebrating the 150th anniversary of what may be the most important book ever written: On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural...
Just before his arrival in Brazil, which should happen this Sunday, November 22, the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wrote a piece in which he calls "unfair" the controversy around Teheran's nuclear program reiterating...
NEW YORK, NY.- Fifty carefully selected galleries will set the pace for the modern and contemporary Latin American art market in New York, during the celebration of PINTA, the annual Latin American art fair, which is slated for...
The global financial crisis demonstrated the dangers of ignoring growing economies like China, India, Brazil and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince,...