2009 Trafficking in Persons Report Department of State, 324 pages Read full report here.The Gist: Mohammad Salim Khan woke up in a strange house and felt an excruciating pain in his abdomen.
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A (Radical) Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl
There’s something deeply wrong with Tysons Corner. For starters, Virginia’s bustling commercial district — the 12th biggest employment center in the nation — has more parking spaces than jobs or residents. What was a quaint intersection of two country roads 50 years ago is now a two-tiered interchange with 10 lanes of traffic-choked hell; try to cross it on foot, and you’re taking your life into your hands.
Journalists’ families appeal to N. Korea
Family members of two U.S. journalists imprisoned in North Korea said they are worried about the women’s well-being and are pleading for their release
Interview with 99 Drams of Whiskey Author Kate Hopkins
People will do crazy things for the devil’s brew. Take the guy who, in 2005, spent more than $70,000 on a single bottle of Dalmore 62 Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky — one of 12 bottles in the world — and then proceeded to consume it, in one sitting, with a few friends and an English bartender. It was this very story that inspired food blogger Kate Hopkins to trek across the globe, from a 200-year-old distillery in Scotland to Maker’s Mark House and Lounge in Kentucky, for her first book, 99 Drams of Whiskey.
Most memorable Ronaldo moments
Whether it be his sublime skills or serious sulks, in six years at Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo has been no stranger to the headlines. Born February 5 in Funchal on the Portuguese island of Madeira, he made his debut for Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super Liga at the age of 17 after winning international caps for Portugal’s youth sides
Commentary: Chastity, ‘Good luck, brother!’
Welcome, Chaz! Welcome, Chaz! Before the word “transsexual” had been coined in English, an intrepid young person whose family belonged to the British nobility set out to transform herself from female to male.
A Brush with Paul Gauguin on the Polynesian Island Hiva Oa
“Gauguin was a revolutionary,” says my tour guide Tim as we drive through the rainforests of Hiva Oa. “He fought against the local church, he fought for the rights of us Marquesans. He lived according to his own values, and we appreciate him here still.” With ornate geometrical tattoos covering his body, Tim is not the kind of guy you’d expect to wax poetically about a 19th century French painter
Nigerian group says British hostage freed
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.
Childhood friend recalls tragic diarist Anne Frank
She told stories, flirted outrageously with boys and was constantly changing her hairstyle.
Trump winner in Miss USA pageant brouhaha
Go ahead, mock him. Assault his buildings as ugly and ostentatious. Gossip about his fortunes