A US tourist says actor John Malkovich played a starring role in coming to his rescue when he fell and gashed his throat on scaffolding in Canada. Seventy-seven-year-old Jim Walpole fell on Thursday in Toronto while on a trans-Canadian trip.
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Denmark’s Wind of Change
If you want to know why Denmark is the world’s leader in wind power, start with a three-hour car trip from the capital Copenhagen — mind the bicyclists — to the small town of Lem on the far west coast of Jutland. You’ll feel it as you cross the 4.2 mile-long Great Belt Bridge: Denmark’s bountiful wind, so fierce even on a calm summer’s day that it threatens to shove your car into the waves below
Zimbabwe cancels visit by U.N. torture investigator
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Resolution may be near between students and bar accused of racism
An agreement could be reached before week’s end between Washington University students and an Illinois nightclub that allegedly barred six African-American students while admitting nearly 200 of their white classmates. Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned
At least 8 migrants drown off Greek coast
Eight people drowned and one was missing after a small boat carrying illegal immigrants from Afghanistan hits rocks in the eastern Aegean Sea on Tuesday morning, a spokesman for the Greek coast guard said. Calls from CNN to the nightclub were not immediately returned.
Students: Chicago nightclub barred blacks
Students from Washington University say they have complained to state and federal agencies that a Chicago, Illinois, nightclub barred six African-American members from their senior class trip celebration while admitting nearly 200 white classmates.
Author Amanda Little on the Cost of U.S. Oil Dependence
Esoteric climate-science warnings about America’s oil dependence can make even the most well-meaning of eyes glaze over. Amanda Little, author of Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells — Our Ride to the Renewable Future, took a different approach
Clinton pledges U.S. support for Northern Ireland peace process
In a passionate address to Northern Ireland’s legislature, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday pledged Washington’s commitment to the Northern Ireland peace process.
China cancels events over Dalai Lama
China — showing its displeasure with the Dalai Lama’s visit to Taiwan this week — has canceled upcoming trips to the island by top state officials, state-run media reported. Beijing has accused the exiled Tibetan leader of making his visit for political reasons