Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Schools: International School, Bangkok, Thailand (high school), Dartmouth (B.A. in government and Asian studies); Johns Hopkins, M.A. in international economics and East Asian studies. Now: President, Federal Reserve Bank ...
23 Nov 2008
It’s a tough trick for parents to teach their kids to be thankful for all that they have — especially when they’ve always had everything they’ve needed. My kids have never missed a meal. They’ve never gone to school on a cold day without a ...
23 Nov 2008
Kabul, Afghanistan (AHN) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai claims that President-elect Barack Obama has promised that his administration will provide more support to his war-torn country, according to a statement released by Afghan Presidential Palace ...
23 Nov 2008
England is in India playing a seven match ODI series, and at the time of writing, they have lost all three games played so far. They are realising just like the Australian team, that India is a tough team to beat at home. The Australians have gone ...
23 Nov 2008
LIMA, Peru (AP) — President George W. Bush, wrapping up his final summit with world leaders, offered a message of hope that despite the worst economic crisis in decades, the global economy will emerge in better shape. Bush was able to achieve ...
23 Nov 2008
Can a state or a bank lease you a life? The Andhra Pradesh government and the banks that are financing its self-help groups do lend a life. They help babies to be born healthy and weighing better than their counterparts elsewhere, all for a micro ...
23 Nov 2008
When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.
23 Nov 2008
Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well.
23 Nov 2008
A map first circulated as a theoretical exercise in some American neoconservative circles matters has fueled a belief among Pakistanis that what the United States really wants is the breakup of Pakistan.
23 Nov 2008
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas hit out at US-backed Middle East peace talks on Sunday on the eve of a White House meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President George W. Bush, saying that not one issue has been resolved.
23 Nov 2008
The residence of Guinea Bissau President Joao Bernardo Vieira came under fire Sunday from troops in a post-election "mutiny" that left one soldier dead and three others arrested, officials said.
23 Nov 2008
Somali militants vowed to rescue a Saudi supertanker that was hijacked by pirates a week ago, according to residents of a town where the pirates are believed to be based.
23 Nov 2008
While the study can't definitively say it's TV that makes people unhappy (versus unhappy people watch a lot of TV), I think we all know all know it's likely the former. ... Whether it's too much steak, vodka, gambling, drugs, ...
23 Nov 2008
20081123: Blueprints for Beijing, 1954 The image above is from the wonderful photo gallery on Thomas H. Hahn's website. It's from a series of scans of an album of city plans for post-revolutionary Beijing from 1954 by the North China ...
22 Nov 2008
These aren’t books; these are slabs. Slabs of words and images. The kind of books you don’t simply “pick up” or tuck under your arm carelessly. You lug these books home from the store in the hope they’ll please someone clo... extra ...
22 Nov 2008
In the United States, an uncomfortable talk show interview usually involves an uncommunicative Twilight star or a vaguely gross suggestion of backseat nookie from Jay Leno. Across, the pond, however, restrictions are looser — or at ...
22 Nov 2008
Al Pacino desperately searching his phone for his stylist's number image from X click for the big version.
22 Nov 2008
It's a complete online learning tool for learning Kana, Kanji, and vocabulary that's very highly polished, intuitive, and fun to work with. The graphics are stunning in quality and the Flash app only takes 30% of my poor laptop's CPU! ...
22 Nov 2008
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