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Book review – Winter in Madrid

Spain's a strange and interesting place. It was a rehearsal ground for part of World War II; it suffered both from both fascist and communist tyranny in the course of a single decade. Then it stayed out of the war and stayed locked in...

Tags: Government, NOW IT, General Franco, Madrid, Sandy, Republic

Blog posts 2007-05-21

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Upcoming 2008 Caribbean events

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 13th Eastern Caribbean Championships Trinidad and Tobago, May 30-June 1 Invited countries Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, British Virgin...

Articles 2008-07-01

El Pentagonismo: Sustituto del Imerrialismo

Bosch, Juan. El Pentagonismo: Sustituto del Imerrialismo. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Santillana Ediciones Generales, 2005. Dominican politician and writer Juan Bosch (1909-2001) produced over fifty books during his lifetime. The most influential and reprinted of his books, however, is El Pentagonismo: Sustituto del Imperialismo [Pentagonism: Substitute for Imperialism], which...

Articles 2008-06-30

Reports in The New Yorker and The New Republic detailed a growing ideological fissure within al-Qaeda

Reports in The New Yorker and The New Republic detailed a growing ideological fissure within al-Qaeda. Dr. Fadl is an Egyptian who was once close to al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri. His work has been the intellectual justification for al-Qaeda's terror, which makes it an astonishing and important development that--in a...

Articles 2008-06-30

When was the last time you heard the word "karma" used in earnest, as in: "Bad karma, man"?

When was the last time you heard the word "karma" used in earnest, as in: "Bad karma, man"? For most of us the answer would be around 1967, when hippies roamed the land. Most of us don't hang out with Hollywood airheads, though. In those precincts the argot of the...

Articles 2008-06-30

Community Healthcare Network and the Latino Commission on AIDS Partner With Trinity Biotech to Test Miss Dominican Republic-U.S. for HIV in Recognition of National HIV Testing Day

Trinity Biotech plc (NASDAQ: TRIB) is pleasedto announce the reigning Miss Dominican Republic-U.S. Jennifer Peña willpublicly test for HIV to encourage other Latinos to take the HIV test andserve as a model for the importance of being tested to know one's HIVstatus. The event will take place at 11:00 AM...

Articles 2008-06-26

Inflation Hinders Growth in Democratic Republic of Congo's Mining Boom, an Industrial Info News Alert

Researched by Industrial InfoResources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The renegotiation of mining contracts inthe Democratic Republic of Congo is scheduled to start inmid-July, according to government statements. This should clear theuncertainty, which has dogged mining start-ups and deals since thegovernment launched a review of 61 contracts. A group of...

Articles 2008-06-26

India's JSW Partners With Geo Steel for 175,000-Ton Plant in Republic of Georgia, an Industrial Info News Alert

Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- JSW Steel Limited (BOM: 500228) Mumbai, India'ssecond-largest private steel manufacturer, plans to set up a175,000-ton-per-year greenfield steel mill to produce reinforcement bar, orrebar, in the Republic of Georgia in partnership with Geo Steel LLC(Rustavi, Georgia). The mill is expected to be commissioned...

Articles 2008-06-26

Goldmau.com Releases Showcase Interview With La Quinta Resources Corporation Chairman and CEO Malcolm Swallow

Goldmau.com is pleased to announce therelease of a web-streamed showcase interview with La Quinta Corporation(TSX-V: LAQ) Chairman and CEO Malcolm Swallow. The clip can be viewed byvisiting this link: http://www.goldmau.com About Goldmau.com Mau Capital Management LLC. is the proprietor of www.goldmau.com andspecializes in providing marketing services...

Articles 2008-06-26

Spire Delivers Photovoltaic Module Line to ET Solar in the People's Republic of China

BEDFORD, Mass. -- Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), a global solar company providing turnkey solar factories and capital equipment to manufacture photovoltaic cells and modules worldwide, today announced that it has delivered advanced solar module production equipment to ET Solar Group, located in the People's Republic of China. The...

Articles 2008-06-25

Ryanair to fly from Birmingham to Prague

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced a new route to Prague in the Czech Republic from its new base at Birmingham International Airport in central England. The flight is scheduled to start on 26 October and it will operate on Mondays,...

Articles 2008-06-25

Davenport happy for Wimbledon baby talk

PARIS AFP — Former Wimbledon champion Lindsay Davenport is delighted to be back at the All England Club even if it does mean having to pack cuddly toys and baby bottles along with her tennis racquets. The 32-year-old American was the champion here in 1999 while her last...

Articles 2008-06-25

Greenberg Traurig Expands its Shanghai Office and International Corporate Practice With the Addition of George Qi

SHANGHAI, China -- The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that George Qi has joined its Shanghai office as a shareholder in the Corporate and Securities Group. Qi joins from Faegre & Benson LLP in Shanghai. Qi has extensive experience in China-related cross-border M&A, due diligence, tax-oriented...

Articles 2008-06-25

China not cracking down on firms violating UN sanctions: US

WASHINGTON AFP — Beijing is reluctant to launch a full crackdown on Chinese firms conducting business in violation of UN Security Council sanctions, the Pentagon's Asia chief said Wednesday. "The US government has asked Beijing to halt commercial transactions by Chinese firms that violate UN sanctions, nonproliferation norms,...

Articles 2008-06-25

Final hurdle no sweat for Terim after trial by media

He looks a bit like Terry Venables and he joked yesterday that he perspires so much during games that he takes three shirts to change into during the course of every match. Fatih Terim, the godfather of Turkish football management, is the colourful character who has led his team to...

Articles 2008-06-25

Presentation of Credentials at the Citadelle in Quebec

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, will receive the credentials of two new ambassadors and two new high commissioners in the Ballroom of the residence of the Governor General, the Citadelle of Quebec, on Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. His Excellency Andre William...

Articles 2008-06-25

In Value Terms, China's Meat Market Is the Second Largest Sector in the Country's Entire Retail Food Market According To 2008 Report

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3fb827/fresh_processed) has announced the addition of the "Fresh & Processed Meat in China 2008 - A Market Analysis" report to their offering. This report on the meat market in China deals with the ongoing developments as the market restructures. The report deals...

Articles 2008-06-25

BSD-2000 Cancer Treatment System by BSD Medical Installed in Prestigious Liaocheng Peoples Hospital in China

SALT LAKE CITY -- BSD Medical Corp. (NASDAQ:BSDM) today announced that another BSD-2000 hyperthermia system has been purchased, installed and is now in use in China, at the Liaocheng Peoples Hospital located in Liaocheng City, in the Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. The Liaocheng Peoples Hospital...

Articles 2008-06-25

Simberi Mining Corporation: Updated Kakanda Project Technical Report

Simberi Mining Corporation ("Simberi") (TSX VENTURE: SAU) announces that it has received a NI 43-101 compliant technical report on the Kakanda Copper-Cobalt project in the Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). The Kakanda project consists of extensive tailings deposits and hard rock resources known as the North...

Articles 2008-06-25

Cavan Ventures Inc. Announces MOU with Zhangjiajie XiangTie Mining Ltd.

Cavan Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CVN) ("Cavan") is pleased to announce that we have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Zhangjiajie XiangTie Mining Ltd. (the "XiangTie Mining") of Zhangjiajie, Hunan in the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), confirming our intentions to form a Joint Venture company to explore...

Articles 2008-06-24