Credit: Getty Images Sue Macy’s children’s book “Wheels of Change” explores the vast ways that bicycles affected women’s lives in the 19th century. Half a mo’, guvnah. In “I, Me aur Main,†a Bollywood romance directed by Rakesh Sharma, a vain hunk has a lot to learn from the women in his life. The Obama…
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Kenya is about to hold another major election on Monday, the first since the tumult of 2007 and 2008, but the Rift Valley is still polarized. — — Japan disaster another worry for global economy Credit: Getty Images American and coalition forces continued air strikes and missile sorties against forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gaddafi…
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Only one in five students feel they have been given enough advice about studying overseasA lack of information is stopping students from studying abroad, even though they believe the experience would boost their job prospects, according to research by the British Council.The study, which surveyed 2,239 UK students, found that just 20% consider overseas study,…
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In Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Day of the Falcon†warring Arab leaders in the early 20th century agree to a peace sealed with a buffer zone, but their pact is threatened by oil discovered there. The hospital with the lowest rate of Caesareans delivered 7 percent of births there through that method; the highest: 70 percent. The…
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The Obama administration is likely to reveal a closely guarded secret — the size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile — during a critical meeting starting Monday at which Washington will try to strengthen the global treaty that curbs the spread of nuclear weapons, several officials said. Airline passengers, already enduring persistent flight delays and other…
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China on Monday stepped up its criticism of the U.S.-led airstrikes against Libya, using the Communist Party’s main media organs to say the military intervention undermines the United Nations charter. Members receive much heftier retirement packages than most private-sector employees and state workers do. Click here to have the Fiver sent to your inbox every…
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Interviews with officials in five countries and a review of hundreds of pages of government and court documents provide strong evidence that a Laotian man is a linchpin of wildlife smuggling operations. WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a group of executives from smaller banks Wednesday that the financial overhaul will level the…
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