Word: dates
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...earlier version of this story misstated the date of the commissioning ceremony. It is Wednesday, June...
...this old connection between religion and globalization has been augmented in a surprising way. Faith-based groups and social activists, two communities that long treated each other with distrust, thinking themselves poles apart politically, have come together to tackle issues of global poverty and health. For once, you can date precisely when a movement took off: it was in June 1999 at the G-8 summit of industrial democracies, in Cologne, Germany. I vividly remember arriving in town, expecting debate to be dominated by a rehash of the Kosovo war, which had ended that week. But Cologne had been hijacked...
Many of these guidelines date from the early '70s, when the National Association of Black Social Workers condemned interracial adoption, eventually branding such placements "cultural genocide." Last year the NABSW softened its stance to make transracial adoption a third option behind preservation of biological African-American families and placement of black children in black homes. But this racial bias has long been opposed by many adoption advocates, who have recently found unlikely allies among conservative Republicans averse to any form of racial preference and eager to move children off government support...
...another bad date. The young Russian President - he's only 42, and actually looks much younger in person - sounds a lot like the old one, which shouldn't be surprising, since Mr. Medvedev is a place holder for Mr. Putin, now the Prime Minister...
...presence in Iraq. In recent days, there have been reports that Sistani has been quietly issuing religious edicts, or fatwas, calling for the armed resistance to U.S. forces. Such a move by Sistani would essentially mark a reversal of his passive cooperation with the U.S. enterprise in Iraq to date. However, Sistani's aides deny the reports. "Nothing like that came from the office of the ayatollah," said Hamid al-Kahfaff, a spokesman for Sistani in Najaf...