9/11 Memorial Adds Next-to-Last Photo of Victims to Museum Exhibit

The Egyptian authorities are trying their very best to recover the ancient Egyptian artefacts from museum’s around the world. Egyptian authorities demand that the museums around the world must return the ‘stolen’ antiquities back to Egypt. Zawi Hawass, the head of Egypt’s supreme council of antiquities has been the most instrumental in this quest of recovering the country’s lost heritage.

Let me ask you, no let me ask the rogue nation-states in Africa which have oil, or have recently found oil reserves a simple question; What are you going to do when that oil runs dry? Yes, selling your oil today will give you power, money, wealth, and keep you in control. Thus, allowing you to give out a few gifts to your subjects to appease the restless masses; for now.

The Great Depression occurred in the 1930s, where countries tried to give a boost to their own economies by raising barriers to international trade. Countries devalued their currencies to compete on the international arena, limiting the purchasing power of their people in order to be able to hold foreign exchange.

Hugo Chavez has been one royal socialist pain in the rear for the US, and his boisterous rhetoric is a severe danger to all in his region. His actions and angry moves against the US are quite problematic indeed. Not long ago, an acquaintance and I were discussing the issues of Venezuela nationalizing oil assets and Chavez’s threats.

You thought you knew all there is to know about Culture Shock? Think again. This articles provides an innovative way to look at this old phenomenon and offers fun and effective tools to manage it.

It is common knowledge that the Democrats as a party proudly proclaim themselves as the party of peace, abhorring military conflict, asserting a virtue of constant reliance and promotion of diplomacy, no-precondition conferences, etc. And it seems continually established by the harsh lessons of history that rogue nations continually take advantage of this never-ending diplomatic process of pointless talk or toothless sanctions – until their own interests dictate action (e.g. Chamberlain and Hitler).

Diwali is the most popular and most widely celebrated festival of India. The festival marks the victory of good over evil, and uplifting of spiritual darkness. Symbolically it marks the homecoming of goodwill and faith after an absence, as suggested by the story of Ramayana.

Lazaro Cardenas Street in Mexico City is the unofficial dividing line that separates the Historic Center from the extending modern part. If you travel to the west, you soon arrive in the broad and beautiful expanse of Reforma, Mexico City’s Champs d’Elysees.

While illiteracy and poverty are the disturbing reality, there is hope for India because of the economic opportunities for the young and a thriving democracy. In the recent past, several old myths about India have been shattered. Change and optimism is in the air as India has emerged as one of the fastest growing global economies.

For the first time since 1983 Ireland saw a decline in GDP in 2008. That is nothing new but the way to recovery for Ireland needs to be seen through the eyes of the past. It is not that a recovery for the Celtic Tiger needs to occur along the same path as past successes, but past successes point to current problems and in reviewing that Ireland may find the way ahead.