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(Photo: Creative Commons / Alaniaris)Venice rebels against cruise ship intrusions
Crystal Cruise Lines, most commonly seen as Crystal Cruises, is a luxury cruise ship line founded in 1988 and notable for its two medium-sized, high-end ships, Crystal Symphony and Crystal Serenity, which each hold about 1,000 guests.[1]...Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Denise Yong)Holland on a Budget
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Egypt to try 19 Americans in case straining ties
Cairo: Ignoring a US threat to cut off aid, Egypt on Sunday referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign funds to foment unrest in the country. | Egypt's military rulers had ...Full Story
AFN Super Bowl Commercials Target Troops: Inspire America's Real Heros
| Yokosuka, Japan | It is Monday morning here and Super Sunday at home. I am watching Super Bowl XLVI on the Armed Forces Network (AFN). Cheering for RED/WHITE & BLUE carries a multiple meaning at Yokosuka Naval Base. Everyone is excited watching the game on screens...Full Story
33,000 year old dog fossil found
| Media likes to report culture, especially when culture is very old or very new. In the Sacramento and Davis regional area, the University of California,  Davis studies the 40,000-year old origin of domestic dogs. See, Where's Fido from? New research says Southeas...Full Story
Super Bowl 2012: Thinner Kelly Clarkson performs National Anthem [Watch Video]
| Kelly Clarkson was given the biggest stage to perform Sunday night, as she sang the National Anthem in front of millions of viewers at the Super Bowl 2012.  And as with any performance before or during a Super Bowl, her rendition of the Star Spangled Banner will ...Full Story
Battle of New Market Heights- Part 2
| The battle that took place at New Market Heights was a Union victory, the South undermanned and their forces spread thin. Trying to protect the railhead at Petersburg along with defending Richmond had left Lee in a quandry. | Not only did Lee have this immediate probl...Full Story
This week in the Civil War: Feb. 5 - 11, 1862
| One hundred fifty years ago this week, Union forces won one of the first major victories in the Civil War when Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside captured Roanoke Island in a two-day long battle on Feb 7 - 8, 1862. | After the Union seized Hatteras Island in 1861, the...Full Story
Mexican ruling party picks woman as prez candidate
| MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's ruling party on Sunday chose a former congresswoman to run for president, the first time a major party has nominated a woman to compete for the nation's top office. | The National Action Party's vote for Josefina Vazquez Mota over two oth...Full Story
True Green Energy Group Announces Green energy Contract with Beltrans
| (TGEG), ISIN number CA8724191066, Cusip number 872419106 trading on Deutsche Boerse AG under the stock symbol TGG.F, announced today that they had signed the contractual Memorandum of agreement to deliver the Beltrans renewable energy technology system to the site in ...Full Story
'The Voice' season premiere - Live blog
This page will update automatically: On | Off It's been a great night (if you're a New York Giants fan), so what better way to close out the weekend than with the season two premiere of The Voice? That's right, coaches Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and B...Full Story
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Facebook users ask, 'where's our cut?'
The Times Of India SAN FRANCISCO: By my calculation, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive, owes me about $50. | Without me, and the other 844,999,999 people poking, liking and sharing on the site, Facebook would look like a scene from the postapocaly...
Satyajit Das: The impossible puzzle: how to reduce debt without growth
The Independent | In practice, the level of sovereign debt acceptable to investors is more complex, depending on a combination of factors. One factor is the currency of that debt. The US, Japan and the UK have all benefited from the fact that its sovereign debt is d...
Small Talk: It's not just the start-ups that are in need of a helping hand
The Independent | Some of these firms will no doubt play a part in generating the growth of the future, but the focus on start-ups – whether in Whitehall or the media – does a disservice to existing businesses that have already proved their worth. After all, sma...
Shall We Call It the ‘Bronze Standard’?
The New York Times | President Obama usually deserves high marks for his efforts to curb the spread of dangerous nuclear technology. But his administration’s decision not to insist on an important nonproliferation provision in nuclear cooperation agreements is a ...
Judging the Super Bowl Commercials, From Charming to Smarmy
The New York Times | SOME say, “Enough is enough.” Others say, “Too much is never enough.” When it came to the advertising bowl that took place inside Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, enough was too much. | THUMBS DOWN: A CareerBuilder ad that brought...
Israel approves key rail link of 'interest' to India
The Siasat Daily | Jerusalem, February 06: Israel on Sunday approved the construction of the first rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new Asia-Europe trade route to compete with the Suez Canal, a project in which India is also said to ...
Mubarak may be moved to prison hospital
The Siasat Daily | Cairo, February 06: Former Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, is likely to be moved to the capital Cairo's Torah prison hospital, a government official says. | Mubarak is currently being held at a military hospital on the outskirts of the capital. |...
Changing attitude to wine in Hong Kong “great opportunity”
Scoop Monday, 6 February 2012, 3:20 pm | Press Release: Debra Meiburg | Changing attitude to wine in Hong Kong “great opportunity” for Hawke’s Bay wines | The elimination of duty on wine into Hong Kong is developing a whole new wine dr...
Israel's intentions toward Iran remain unclear
The Los Angeles Times Reporting from Jerusalem— By ramping up its threat to attack Iran's nuclear development program, Israel appears to have galvanized international attention on an issue it has long sought to bring to the top of the global agenda. | But it remains...
Iran-Sanctions Plan Targets Oil Companies, Tanker Fleet to Slash Business
Bloomberg | A U.S. proposal to sanction Iran’s state-owned oil company and its main tanker fleet may ensnare any person or business in the world involved in purchasing or shipping Iranian oil. | Tensions over Iran’s nuclear program have risen sharply in th...
The new LA Convention Center's West Hall
The Examiner | The Football season is about to end but that is the beginning of more discussion on professional football returning after 14 years away. | Populous, the architectural firm hiring to give the convention center a makeover, presented preliminary rende...
Exhortations characteristic of early missionary activity, the Gospel of Mark
The Examiner | In his homily for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary time, Father Francisco related how Evangelism was no new idea to the first century Christians. The grammarians also engaged in missionary activity. Matthew 23:15 relates Jesus’ comments to the gr...
Green Party wants Obama to avoid a conflict with Iran
The Examiner | There is a lot of disenchantment with each major party in the United States as more and more people therefore consider what a third party candidate may have to offer the nation. The Green Party platform states "Our nation was born as the first grea...
Know when to hold 'em. Know when to fold 'em.
The Examiner |  There were no surprises when all the votes were tallied in Nevada on Saturday. Romney had been up in the polls before Florida and his win in the ‘Sunshine State’ only furthered his lead. Coming into Nevada, none of the other candi...
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