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MIAMI — As darkness fell on what was left of his music school in Haiti, Romel Joseph found a distraction for his pain and fear. He imagined himself performing Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto. His right hand gracefully slid the bow; his left hand caressed the violin’s neck as his fingers glided along the strings. Read more
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CONCEPCION, CHILE — In a country considered safe, democratic and increasingly egalitarian, the stores were sacked. Read more
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SULAYMANIYAH, IRAQ — Anywhere else in Iraq, a shootout between political rivals that injured three people would have been unremarkable. Read more
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Strikes hit schools and hospitals and brought public transport in Athens to a halt on Friday in protests against austerity measures imposed by the Greek government. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than expected during snow-battered February and the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent, bolstering views the economy was on the brink of creating jobs. Read more
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Gordon Brown has told the Iraq inquiry the war had been “right” – and troops had all the equipment they needed. Read more
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LONDON – World stock markets rose sharply Friday after better than expected U.S. jobs data reassured investors that the recovery in the world’s largest economy remains on track. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed up 72.60 points, or 1.3 percent, at 5,599.76, while Germany’s DAX rose 82.04 points, or 1.4 [...]
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AP – In this picture taken Thursday, March 4, 2010 in Nairobi, Kenya of Somalia’s Deputy Parliamentary Speaker … Slideshow:Somali Pirates Play Video North Korea Video:Clinton: “Encouraged” by North Korea Reuters By KATHARINE HOURELD, Associated Press Writers Katharine Houreld, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 37 mins ago NAIROBI, Kenya – Swarms of Somali pirates are moving into the waters off East [...]
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THE distraught mother of a five-year-old British boy abducted on a visit to Pakistan, yesterday begged the kidnappers not to harm her son. Read more
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Officials are resigned to having to provide Jon Venables with another new name, National Insurance number and passport, to protect his anonymity after he was recalled to prison. Read more
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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The postmaster general of the United States floated the idea of eliminating the delivery of mail on Saturdays to help boost our nation’s sagging postal bottom line. In 1957. Tribune news archives show the idea came around again in 1962, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1992 (when Postmaster General “Carvin’” Marvin [...]
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9:36pm UK, Wednesday March 03, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online Two cruise-ship passengers have been killed after a 26ft wave smashed into the ship off the coast of France. [...]
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Mexican-born Naduah now lives in California and says that auditioning for Top Model has been her dream for the past five years. Click ‘play’ below to watch Naduah chat about her admiration for Tyra Banks, what viewers might be surprised to learn about her life, and why she wouldn’t want to learn from anybody but [...]
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A North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country’s rulers said Thursday the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury while many people struggled to survive in his impoverished communist nation. Read more
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We get a lot of e-mails from the governor’s office detailing various appointments, speeches and events — a lot. Often our eyes glaze over, but once in a while we’re jolted awake by interesting nuggets… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Times photographer Jack Hill in Pakistan. Peshawar We headed up to Peshawar from Islamabad to see General Tariq Khan, the head of the Frontier Corps (FC), crossing the Indus and Kabul rivers on the way. Peshawar is about two hours north of the capital and is one of the oldest cities in [...]
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Unnoticed amid the wailing about “broken government,” a broad bipartisan consensus is emerging in one unlikely area: foreign policy. On Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran — the most expensive and potentially dangerous foreign challenges facing the United States — little separates the Obama administration from most Republican leaders in and out of Congress. A substantial majority [...]