Lakers newest star, Steve Nash gets a warm welcome from some fans on a Los Angeles highway today. Fans on their way to a game recognized the athlete in the next car “Isn’t that Steve Nash?” After realizing they were just inches from Nash, they did what they deemed to be the polite thing. They passed a cold […]
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Three Hours in Doha
FIFA controversially awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. But the tiny Gulf state’s bid was just another step in its ambitious push to become a global hub.
Ireland: What Queen Elizabeth II’s First-Ever Visit Means
In the coming weeks, Ireland will host two of the world’s most recognizable VIPs: Queen Elizabeth II and President Barack Obama. And as the country gets ready, the taxi drivers of Dublin are seeing the careful — and sometimes inconvenient — preparations up close
The Islamic Republic’s Women at the Wheel
Parvaneh Soltani shifts her car into third gear near notorious Evin Prison and descends from the dusty foothills of the Alborz Mountains into smog-filled Tehran.
U.S. sailor in custody in Japan
A U.S. sailor sought for information about a taxi driver’s killing near a Navy base has been taken into custody and charged with desertion, according to the U.S.
Afghanistan ‘rape’ law puts women’s rights front and center
"In Afghanistan, the sacrifice in the political game is women and children," female Afghan parliamentarian Fawzia Koofi said.