In this Sunday March 4, 2012 photo, a sign warns of land mines just outside Stanley, Falkland Islands. Many scars remain from Argentina’s occupation of the islands, both physical and those harder to see at first. The beautiful white-sand beach where Argentine troops came ashore on April 2, 1982 remains off-limits to all but the [...]
More than 50 percent of Guatemala’s population lives in poverty, and the country has an alarmingly high murder rate.? But Otto P?rez Molina is in a better position than his predecessors to deal with those problems, says guest blogger Mike Allison. On Sunday, just over 50 percent of registered voters turned out to help former [...]
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By ALEXANDRA LEVIT Standing out in a crowded marketplace isn?t always easy. And these days, people have seen it all, which means you might only get ahead if you use a compelling and unique approach like Pat Lencioni?s to present your ideas. Several years ago, Mr. Lencioni, 44 years old, of Lafayette, Calif., was a [...]
After nearly a decade of planning, several cost overruns and a two-year delay, NASA is finally set to launch its next Mars rover this week.
The car-size Curiosity rover, the centerpiece of NASA’s $2.5 billion?Mars Science Laboratory ?(MSL) mission, is slated to blast off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Saturday [...]