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...side of the Atlantic? On her website, she wrote that she took up the role because "it sounded fun." But the British tabloids have speculated that she's working to pay off the $1.2 million debt she reportedly owes to creditors and architects following the renovation of her Malibu home. (Read "What Do Men Want...
...saddened that Serwer saw the world's strongest military as the U.S. trump card (at least it was mentioned first). Part of me understands, but I want to believe that having a globally admired leader, being the home of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and raking in Nobel Prizes would mean more. Will violence ever cease to be the ultimate argument? Claes Molin, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN...
...Since Friday, Facebook, Twitter and text messages were alive with talk of a speech by former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. It was to be held at a mosque in the north Tehran neighborhood of Jamaran, the last home of Ayatollah Khomeini, high in the foothills of the Alborz mountains...
...operations in Africa have been concentrated in the east and north. But there have been some sporadic reports of increased Islamic extremism on the west coast. It's not clear whether Abdulmutallab was recruited in London or Nigeria, but if he made contact with al-Qaeda in his home country, then that opens up a new front in the fight against terrorism. (See how Nigeria is struggling with its Islamist insurgencies...
While getting close to the Pope during his foreign travels tends to be more difficult, and he waves to the crowds in a bulletproof popemobile, at home in Rome, there is a relatively loose approach to managing the crowds, and the giro among the faithful is done in an open jeep. Tickets to get inside a papal mass can be easily obtained in advance through a Vatican office or some of the foreign embassies to the Holy See. For weekly general audiences, which are held during the winter months inside the Paul VI auditorium, you simply need to show...