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Timaru skater Nicole Begg wins World Inline Cup Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 1:46PMTimaru speedskater Nicole Begg has proved her class in easily taking out the World Inline Cup marathon in South Korea.
Glavic suffered knee injury against Huskies Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:31PMThe University of Calgary Dinos may be without star quarterback Erik Glavic as they prepare for Week 2 of the Canada West football schedule.
Qantas Airways Considering Flights to Brazil, Sydney Morning Herald Says Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:17PMQantas Airways Ltd. is considering starting flights to either Sao Paulo or Rio de Janiero in Brazil, the Sydney Morning Herald reported, without saying where it got the information. A decision to begin flights to Brazil is likely to result in it dropping services to Buenos Aires in Argentina because of insufficient traffic for two routes to South America, the newspaper said.
Humanitarian activist wins appeal in litter case Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 2:15AMBy Howard Fischer Herald/Review PHOENIX — Human rights activists can’t be charged with littering for leaving bottles of water for migrants on federal property, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. In a split decision, the majority said there is no question that Daniel Millis put sealed, full-gallon bottles of purified water on trails in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge southwest of ...
Fonterra set to open offices in Argentina Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 4:01AMFonterra says reports out of Buenos Aires that it is about to start producing milk in Argentina are not correct, but it will open offices there this year.
Holiday freebies Thursday, August 12, 2010 @ 7:42PMSprinkling some cost-free events into your itinerary can stretch the holiday budget. You just need to know where to look, especially in the big cities.
Argentina Belatedly Celebrates a Journalist Hero Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 1:28AMWhen the generals began disposing of thousands of young people in the late 1970s, only one journalist dared stand up for the rights of the "disappeared." And then he seemed to vanish from history.
International Investing Requires Overcoming Bias For Home Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:29AMAs growth goes global, investors need to follow suit.
Books | Review of No Place for Heroes by Laura Restrepo Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:44AMNO PLACE FOR HEROES. Laura Restrepo. Translated by Ernesto Mestre-Reed. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. 273 pages. $25.95. In her latest novel, Laura Restrepo navigates the perilous terrain of a mother-son relationship against the historical backdrop of Argentina's Dirty War, an epoch marked by military rule, a fertile underground resistance and hundreds of thousands of desaparecidos, people plucked ...
Catholic Church Orchestrates Anti Gay Marriage Demonstrations in Argentina Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 10:05AMCatholic and Evangelic organizations protested the same-sex marriage bill in a demonstration held at the Congress square under the motto "Kids have the right to have a mother and father."
Koelble's Korner: Occasions that put glow in one's heart Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:55PMThere are not too many times when one can renew friendships, in this particular case two men who have become legends at Thomas W. Harvey High School in Painesville.
Argentina Senate Committee Rejects Gay Marriage Bill, Suggests Civil Unions Instead Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 10:35AMA Senate committee yesterday rejected a same-sex marriage bill backed by the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner - already passed by the Lower House - and favoured instead a civil union bill sponsored by the opposition. Both bills will be debated by the Senate next Wednesday.
Ben Sanders: World Cup soccer: Crazy, flawed and fun Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 12:26PMThe only thing harder to avoid in the United States during a World Cup than hearing about soccer is hearing why soccer is stupid.
N.Y. exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030 Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 2:20AMTen architects were asked what they would do to make some of the world's largest urban areas greener and more sustainable by 2030
It's turning into South America's Cup Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 12:40AMIt's turning into South America's Cup
Oliver Stone film on Hugo Chávez flops with Venezuelans Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 12:45PMPerhaps the biggest surprise about Oliver Stone's new documentary about Hugo Chávez and the rise of leftist South American leaders isn't that it's one-sided, shallow, or pro-Chávez.
Miami Herald Travel News Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 10:38AMGoing somewhere? Get tourist information for your destination. With airline fees going sky-high, packing light pays. ... Handy links for traveler information.
Exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030 Friday, June 25, 2010 @ 8:12AMNEW YORK — Imagine no cars — or fewer, anyway. In New York, a two-mile stretch of the FDR Drive parkway is torn down to open lower Manhattan for parks and plazas, and bicyclists are given their own lane on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030 Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 4:27PMImagine no cars -- or fewer, anyway. T hree cities and seven others are featured in an exhibit on environmentally friendly transportation.
Exhibit imagines sustainable transportation in New York, Johannesburg, 8 other cities in 2030 Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 9:11AMImagine no cars — or fewer, anyway.
N.Y. exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030 Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 7:15AMSeveral cities are featured in an exhibit, titled "Our Cities Ourselves," on environmentally friendly transportation of the future opening Thursday in New York.
GREENWICH VILLAGE: Imagine a Greener NYC w/ Fewer Cars (Image) Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 6:27AMImagine - a two-mile stretch of the FDR Drive parkway is torn down to open lower Manhattan for parks and plazas, and bicyclists are given their own lane on the Brooklyn Bridge.
New York exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030 Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 4:58AMNEW YORK -- Imagine no cars -- or fewer, anyway. In New York, a two-mile stretch of the FDR Drive parkway is torn down to open lower Manhattan for parks and plazas, and bicyclists are given their own lane on...
Importance of US-Algeria goes beyond this World Cup Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 4:38PMThe future of U.S. soccer is at stake Wednesday. FIFA World Cup - World Cup - Sport - Soccer - Competitions
Gay Marriage Talks Continue in Argentina Senate Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 8:51AMThe Upper House is to continue its debate on the same-sex marriage, this time with psychologists and psychiatrists being the ones exposing their viewpoints. The General Legislation Committee is to officially discuss the draft which aims at amending the Civil Code to allow gay couples to get married.
U.S. soccer fans' reaction matters for the future Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 9:30PMHow outcome of Algeria match Wednesday plays will set the tone for World Cups in 2014, 2018 and beyond. What soccer in America needs are youngsters who delight in quirks and accomplishments of all. What will you do, America, if your team implodes Wednesday?
World Cup: U.S. fans' reaction matters for the future Monday, June 21, 2010 @ 8:39PMHow outcome of Algeria match Wednesday plays will set the tone for World Cups in 2014, 2018 and beyond. What soccer in America needs are youngsters who delight in quirks and accomplishments of all. How outcome of Algeria match Wednesday plays will set the tone for World Cups in 2014, 2018 and beyond. What soccer in America needs are youngsters who delight in quirks and accomplishments of all.
Streets of Buenos Aires Saturday, June 19, 2010 @ 11:21PMBUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- The history of this city is written in its telephone directory. "Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D.Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild -- five names at random taken from among the R's -- tell a story of exile, disillusion, and anxiety behind lace curtains," observed the late travel writer Bruce Chatwin.
Buenos Aires Bedlam: Cleaning Up The Mess At The Renovated Teatro Colón Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 11:58PMAs the legendary opera house "reopens in a limited season after a seemingly interminable eight years of upheaval, including three years of complete closure, the feeling for many is more of outrage than affection.
Senate Discusses Gay Marriage in Argentina Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 10:05PMThe Upper House General Legislation Committee, led by Liliana Negre de Alonso, held a meeting to discuss the same-sex marriage controversy. Lawyers, professors, judges and adoption leaders debated the matter. The discussion was divided into two parts.
Trumpet's return will herald peace between Falkland foes Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 6:13PMTHEY last met as young soldiers on opposite sides in the bloody conflict over the Falkland Islands. • Care home owner and former Scottish paratrooper Tony Banks with the trumpet he is to hand back this week.
Trumpet's return will herald peace between Falkland foes Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 6:04PMTHEY last met as young soldiers on opposite sides in the bloody conflict over the Falkland Islands.
MLS Newsstand - June 11, 2010 Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 12:44PMOurSports Central is your source for the latest news and scores from all minor and independent professional sports leagues.
Taxi Gourmet Set to Jet to Berlin Tuesday, June 8, 2010 @ 2:01AMNew York cabbie Layne Mosler is traveling to Berlin this summer for a series of unscripted culinary adventures. To uncover the best flavors in Europe's capital of cool, she'll hop into random cabs, ask the drivers to take her to their favorite places to eat and document her quests on her taxigourmet.com blog.
World Cup: 32 nations, 32 stories Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 5:51PMOscar Diaz, a native of Mexico who lives in Oakland, is so passionate about soccer that he will take the day off from his job as a college financial-aid adviser to watch the World Cup openers on Friday.
Sideline Chatter: rivals thinning out Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 10:08PMBitter sports rivals are getting harder and harder to find in today's free-agent landscape. "I hate ya one week, the next week I'm your teammate," ESPN's Mike Tirico noted on the network's Mike & Mike radio show. "The next month we'll have the same agent.
Sports world takes a line from "Enemy Mine" Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 8:11PMBitter sports rivals are getting harder and harder to find in today's free-agent landscape.
In Jerry West's opinion, Kobe Bryant is playing his best Thursday, June 3, 2010 @ 2:12AMText messages from press row. Who's to argue with Jerry West ? …
Foreign buyers flock to Florida condos again Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 10:13AMMay 31--Nearly 800 Canadians will jam a hotel ballroom near the Toronto airport Sunday to hear the gospel of Florida real estate.
Gay Marriage Bill to Be Debated in Argentina Senate Committee Today Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 8:24AMIt's now the turn of the Upper House, for the debate over same-sex marriage is about to continue in the General Legislation Committee.
Cricket fan finds NBA calling | Sideline Chatter Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 7:56PMThink Mike Brown — out of the playoffs, then out of a job — has it bad?
Argentine theatre reopens for bicentennial amidst political spat Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 1:29AMBuenos Aires - Buenos Aires' Teatro Colon staged a festive re-opening Monday to mark the first of two days of celebrations for the country's bicentenary, after nearly four years of restoration. ...
At worst, oil spewed already could fill 102 gyms Saturday, May 22, 2010 @ 3:22AMCOVINGTON, La. -- Day by day, the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico is adding up to mind-boggling numbers.
German Court OKs Release of Eichmann Files Wednesday, May 5, 2010 @ 9:23AMA German court has paved the way for the release of secret files about executed Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. In a decision announced last Friday, the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig found the German government’s objections to release of the documents too vague.
2011 Dakar Rally route announced Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 6:54AMOrganisers have unveiled the route for the 2011 Dakar Rally, known as "the world's toughest motorsport event".
Quite An Attraction Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 11:59PMTo support the Haitian team, visit www.sanantoniosports.org.
Former dictator sentenced to prison Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 7:51AMBUENOS AIRES, April 21 (UPI) -- Argentina's last military president, Reynaldo Benito Bignone, will spend the rest of his life in prison for human rights abuses, a special tribunal has ruled.
Quite An Attraction Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 12:16AMTo support the Haitian team, visit www.sanantoniosports.org.
First Lesbian Wedding in Buenos Aires, Argentina Friday, April 9, 2010 @ 10:23AMNorma and Ramona got married in Buenos Aires city after having requested for legal protection within the framework of the campaign "Same right, same names" the LGBT Argentine Federation has been carrying out for several months. They are both 67 years old and have been a couple for over 30 years.
Argentina Threatens to Split Mixed-Nationality Lesbian Couple Who Married in Canada Tuesday, March 30, 2010 @ 8:38AMArgentina's immigration authorities threatened to expel a Spanish woman from the country because they don’t recognize her marriage to an Argentine woman as valid, a gay rights organization told Efe on Monday.