The Italian government is up in arms after comments from German PM Merkel voicing her objection to a new Italian immigration policy, whereby thousands of Tunisians and North Africans would relocate to France, instead of being deported back to their homelands.
Recent events such as the nuclear/earthquake/tsunami crisis and shouts of war in Libya and in the muslim world, have been recorded in a series of eye-witness accounts ranging from mobile video to texting and Tweets from around the world. But how can we know which information is true or trustworthy?
The European Court for Human Rights handed down a ruling just last Tuesday, declaring the practice of determining insurance premiums based on gender is discriminatory. Insurance companies will no longer be allowed to apply different premiums for men and women.
Nigel Marsh is the author of two rather comical books about life and work. While not taking a scientific approach, he does offer some reasonable advice on how to take control of our lives by making time for others.
In a stunning turn of events, the long-standing regimes of Tunisia and Egypt are slowly falling apart, giving way to a new, "democratic" system. The fact remains to be seen whether this revolution will bring peace or a sword to a region notorious for socio-political unrest and outright anarchy.
While the news of Spanish olympic-champion Marta Dominguez's particular taste in power enhancing drugs continues to spread across the globe, many Spanish citizens want to know more about the scope of the investigation, and above all, why now?
It is located exactly 12 km, (28.5 miles) off the coast of Spain. It takes 45 minutes from Spain to Africa on a ferry. Yet, for years we continue to live in our own little bubble in Europe, or what is even worse - shunning our African neighbours. How did we end up this way?
Privacy is a growing concern in today's world and Facebook's young CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be the first one to find that out, as his daring ploy to include Facebook in virtually every corner of the Internet may come back to "book him right in the face."
“Football is not a matter of life and death," said the legendary Bill Shankley, manager of Liverpool FC in the 1960's, " It is far more important than that,"
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Anyone up for some vegetable cake? How about some grilled babies? Does the tune cake sing? What is canaria picon sauce? What about the cheese sauce? Nobody mentions that it's CABRALES!!!
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