The mob’s a hit in Slovakia
When communist rule collapsed in central Europe in 1989, taking with it the fat salaries the Soviets once paid to their elite athletes, the thick-necked wrestlers and karate stars of...
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A valuable pouch to hide away
Name: PortaPocket Strap-On Carrying Pouch What it is: A small neoprene pouch with a Velcro attachment to a neoprene strap made to go around a leg or arm. The combo...
Across the pond, few Britons crying a river
As a deepening recession and job losses take hold across Britain, Sally Worsley's neighbors in rural Gloucestershire county aren't complaining. Instead they're planting vegetable gardens, emulating parents and grandparents whose...
Grain rush is on as countries snap up overseas farmland
Wearing flowing red robes and pitching his own trademark desert tent, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi paid a visit to Ukraine last month in search of a remarkable deal to help...
Only dignity will be stained
Name: Napkleen disposable clothing protector What it is: A large napkin with an adhesive strip that turns it into a clothing-protecting adult bib How it works: Peel off the adhesive...
International divorce a murky pit
The breakup, perhaps, was inevitable. The American pop star, friends told the tabloids, never quite came to grips with her British film director husband's pint-drinking and steak-eating; he couldn't stomach...
Looking to move forward
In less than a month, negotiators from around the world will meet at a United Nations summit in Poland to hash out details of a new world climate treaty, which...
Festering conflicts in Sudan, Congo
NAIROBI, Kenya—Amid surging violence in eastern Congo and a worrisome buildup of government troops in Darfur, Obama may quickly face pressure to deal with two festering African conflicts. He has...
Across Africa, a new role model
Africa often seems lacking in hope. But on Wednesday, it was evident in abundance across the troubled continent as people cheered the election of a man they called "a son...
Obama’s Kenyan ancestral village celebrates
All through the night, villagers in the Obama family's ancestral village near Lake Victoria had kept an outdoor vigil, alternatively praying and watching election returns on an oversized television screen...