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...book way in advance, and only flexible if you don’t mind paying extra for the privilege and don’t have a set itinerary. High-speed lines seem like a logical choice if you want to travel a sizeable distance, since local lines will take all day. However, because these trains are apparently very popular, rail pass holders must pay an additional fee to reserve a seat (anywhere from 3 to 45 Euros and up). Most trains require a reservation, and it has to be done at a train station, not online. The timetable that comes...
...female. For example, she is now the 76th name to be added to the "cornice of fame" at the National Stadium in the Peruvian capital Lima - the 39th woman to receive the honor. She has thus widened even more the advantage for women athletes in a country where men take sports very seriously but women win medals and championships. "It is a strange phenomenon. There are few countries in the world where the most respected athletes, the role models, all happen to be women," says Congresswoman Gabriela Perez de Solar. (Check out a story about how Title IX revolutionized...
...best thing that ever happened to the country's boxing. He told reporters, after defeating Mexico's Javier Gallegos, that Malpartida's fame might get local sporting authorities to recognize that soccer is not the only sport in Peru. "Maybe now people at the [national sports institute] will take notice of us." Now, if only he could learn to box like a girl...
...should face further investigation and prosecution, though does not include Johnson Sirleaf on those lists. Still, to name the president as the TRC does, is tough censure for someone so widely respected. "To exclude someone from the right of running for political office is a very serious position to take that has to be extremely grounded in facts," says Corrine Dufka, a senior research with Human Rights Watch's Africa division who focuses on West Africa...
...have been aware of Johnson Sirleaf's early association with Taylor, the revelation could tarnish Johnson Sirleaf's image somewhat. Still, the President's unlikely to come under too much pressure from donors. Says one political observer who has worked in Liberia and asked to remain anonymous: "It will take a lot to dent her reputation...