China's rich get even richer
Digital Journal
Majority of people remember Benito Mussolini as the Italian ruler during World War II and the man who forged an alliance with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler but new reports also suggest that the Italian leader was also a MI5 British agent.
Yemen president vows to crush northern revolt
Financial Times
The veteran ruler is facing two challenges to his rule from Zaidi Shi’ite Muslims in the north who have been in rebellion against central authority since 2004 and southerners of the former South Yemen. Both complain of political and economi...
British Museum Offers a Marvelous Hall of Moctezuma
Wall Street Journal
LONDON -- The British Museum's fourth and final show of its superb emperors series, "Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler," celebrates the emperor who inherited and consolidated a territory that stretched from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico from 1502 ...
International court investigates Guinea violence
Houston Chronicle
All gatherings and demonstrations have been banned in Guinea since the violence broke out Sept. 28 as protesters rallied against plans by the country's military ruler to run for president next year. Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara seized power ...
Cold, wet conditions test endurance riders
Lexington Herald-Leader
His father and ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, had planned to compete but didn't make the trip because of a scheduling conflict, according to an official statement. In the other race that was shortened, McGunigal fini...
Israel urged to investigate Gaza war crimes charges
Reuters
Hamas -- the de facto ruler of Gaza -- does not recognize Israel's right to exist. Goldstone's report called for the Security Council to refer the matter to the International Criminal Court in The Hague if the Israelis or the Palestinians f...
How Popular Should America Want To Be?
CBS News
But Serbian ruler Slobodan Milosevic responded not so much to capability as to their recent record on the use of military force. He was undeterred. Credibility as capacity as well as a record of making good on promises (or failing to do so)...
Business : Dubai reshuffles board of state investment unit
Khaleej Times
DUBAI - The ruler of Dubai has reshuffled the board of the Investment Corporation of Dubai, the state conglomerate that owns Emirates airlines, naming two of his sons as directors, a decree posted on his website showed.
Soaring Eagle of the Month
The Observer
Rio Rancho Observer '” Gary Herron photo Puesta del Sol second-grader Kellie Martinez admires the plaque she won as her school’s “Soaring Eagle of the Month” for October, as Rio Rancho Elks members Dan Loy, district deputy grand exalted rul...
Disney debuts do-it-yourself thrill ride
CNN
Kids design their experience on touch-screen computers, using a digital ruler and pre-selected track options to construct their rides. If a person tries to build something physically impossible -- a hill that's too steep for the cars to cli...
Local Elks Lodge No. 2583 Honored
Park Hills Daily Journal
Roland A. Seal, a two time Past Exalted Ruler of Mineral Area Community Elks Lodge 2583 in Desloge and Past State President of the Missouri Elks Association was recently honored at the Associations Fall Convention in Jefferson City on Sept....
Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy
New York Times
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who played a role in the founding of the Islamic Republic, has emerged as the spiritual leader of the opposition.
Christmas Curve Stitching
Times Education Supplement
Powerpoint giving instructions and two designs for hand-stitched Christmas Cards. Resources required: pencil, ruler, card, tapestry needle and embroidery thread.
