A Nigerian militant group said Friday that it has freed a British hostage. It could be the description of almost any young girl growing up in Europe. But this is how Eva Schloss remembers her childhood friend Anne Frank, who had not died in a Nazi concentration camp, would have celebrated her 80th birthday this week.
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Tagged: The World’s Most Annoying Website
The e-mail came across my screen innocently enough. A former boss, Dinda, whom I hadn’t heard from in some time, was sending me pictures through some social-networking outlet called “Tagged.” Interesting. Did Dinda and I snap a photo together back in the day
Iranian election could be test for women’s rights
There’s no doubt that Iran’s election will be a major test for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But many Iranian women hope the results will also shake the current status of women in the Islamic republic.
Pet’s death linked to Miami’s serial cat killer
He was black and white, the perfect gift for the 6-year-old daughter of Donna and Ronald Gleason. His name was Tommy
Can Democrat Creigh Deeds Win the Race for Virginia Governor?
One candidate is from western Virginia — so far west, in fact, it’s closer to Charleston, West Virginia and Greensboro, North Carolina than to Washington D.C. — who promotes his rural, pro-gun values and aw-shucks humble persona, and is named for his Confederate grandfather. The other moved to the D.C.
In Africa, the Death of a Big Man Is Reminder of Continent’s Worst Excesses
As Gabon begins a month of mourning and condolences pour in for President Omar Bongo, the world’s longest serving President, who died on Monday at 73 in his 42nd year in power, it’s worth remembering that Bongo was precisely the kind of leader Gabon, and Africa, could have done without. Gabon has a tiny population and vast oil reserves, and after four decades of exporting hundreds of billions of dollars of crude, the biggest testament to the corruption and ineptitude of Bongo’s rule is that he somehow contrived not to turn his country into an African Kuwait. A third of all Gabonese still live on less than $2 a day, and as the oil fields begin to dry up, Bongo’s subjects are facing up to the reality that he sacrificed the country’s future to fund his own fantastically opulent lifestyle.
Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle Nigeria claims
Oil company Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other dissidents, the plaintiffs announced Monday. The lawsuit accuses Shell of complicity in the 1995 hanging of Saro-Wiwa and the killings or persecution of other environmental activists by the military government that ruled the country at the time
Travolta, mourning son’s death, bypasses publicity for film
John Travolta, still in mourning over the death of his teenage son earlier this year, issued a rare public statement urging fans to see his latest movie, "The Taking of Pelham 123," which he filmed last year.
Cow-Pooling: Buying Beef and Saving Money in Mega-Bulk
If you prefer to keep the image of meat — say, a juicy hamburger — safely separated from the image of an actual animal — say, a 1,200-lb. castrated bull — then cow-pooling is not for you
After 65 years, hero talks about D-Day assault
Decorated D-Day veteran Lenny Lisovicz says the whispers are true.