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Bart Couder, Steenokkerzeel, Belgium You forget the language barrier. In the U.S., most people speak English. In Europe, you have several world languages: English, French, Spanish, German. This means a lack of communication at the ground level. The great hurdle will be to agree upon one language. This would facilitate everything. (See pictures of 20th Century Britain...
...America's largest textbook buyers, the Longhorn State has a good deal of sway over what is peddled to schools nationwide. And while Napoléon may have maintained that "history is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon," getting Texans to come together on the past may prove to be their Waterloo...
...same surreal week the bank was bought by another bank. Now that our debt has been paid and the liens on our house have been lifted, we can focus on making a living as a team, enjoying our family and paying off our looming legal bills. I recently came upon a Benjamin Franklin quote that rings true: "He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing." Just make sure that if you do borrow, you know what's at stake...
Protesters clashed with police upon Mexican President Felipe Calderón's arrival in Ciudad Juárez on March 16, three days after three people linked to the U.S. consulate were slain. The high-profile murders are the latest to rack Mexico's most violent city, where an estimated 4,500 people have been killed in drug-related attacks since 2008. With the crime surge increasing public discontent with the government's military-led offensive against cartels, Calderón has promised to redirect some resources to social-reform programs...
...Upon returning to Bagram, Obama changed from his suit into a brown bomber jacket before addressing a makeshift hangar full of troops. "There is no visit I consider more important than this visit here," the President said. "Everyone back home is proud...