Iceland rated most peaceful

MEERA SELVA

The Associated Press

May 20, 2008 at 12:13 PM EDT

LONDON - Canada is among the more peaceful countries in the world, but still a ways from the top, according to the Global Peace Index released Tuesday by Britain's Economist Intelligence Unit.

The index, which ranks a number of internal and external factors, found ( Read more... )

May 14, 2008

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The New York Times
May 13, 2008

By REUTERS

Filed at 12:01 p.m. ET

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States proposed a deal on Tuesday to sweep away a global "spider's web" of airline ownership rules, taking the EU by surprise as it seeks a transatlantic deal for its airlines to buy their U.S. rivals.

U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for ( Read more... )

Friday-Sunday, May 2-4, 2008

THE U.S. POWER STRUCTURE

Part Three

Frank’s Morrow’s specialty is the U.S. power structure. He gained his PhD from the University of Texas in 1984 and his 600+ page thesis was on the subject. He produced almost 600 segments of the two-decade run of the best political TV show in history, Alternative Views.

This in-depth ( Read more... )