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Venezuela’s “Good Life Card” Comes at a Great Price

According to the Miami Herald, the Venezuelan government has introduced what socialist President Hugo Chavez is calling a “Good Life Card” to be...

Michael Tennant September 5, 2010

Food Prices Spark Riots in Mozambique

Dennis Behreandt September 2, 2010

Rising food prices have led to violence as protestors clash with police in the impoverished nation of Mozambique. ...

Russian Govt Tries to Reduce Alcohol Consumption

Bruce Walker September 2, 2010

There is no doubt that excessive consumption of alcohol was a critical health problem in the Soviet Union. Trapped in a grim purgatory...

Border Drug Smugglers Employ Disguises

Kelly Holt September 2, 2010

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Zapata, Texas, near the Mexican border, recently pulled over a sheriff’s vehicle from neighboring Webb County because something...

Britain’s Blair Reflects on Iraq War

September 1, 2010

Voice of America News reported on September 1 that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair wrote in his newly published memoirs, A Journey:...

“The Kangaroo Touch” Revives Australian Preemie

Mary McHugh September 1, 2010

Called “the kangaroo touch” in Australia and also “kangaroo care,” the method used by Kate Ogg in Sydney last spring worked almost like...

Chinese Central Bank Head Defection Rumor: Communist Power Struggle?

Thomas R. Eddlem August 31, 2010

Japanese Financial Services Minister Shozaburo Jimi confirmed that China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan had not defected to the United States, something rumored...

U.S. Consulate Staff to Send Children Out of Monterrey

Kelly Holt August 31, 2010

After a kidnapping attempt outside an elite private school in Monterrey, the U.S. government told consulate staff to send their children out of...

Chilean Miners Pray and Sing National Anthem to Keep Up Morale

Mary McHugh August 27, 2010

Thirty-three miners, who were trapped some 2,300 feet underground in northern Chile since August 5 when the main access tunnel collapsed where they...