What makes a great leader? Throughout history, who qualifies
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What a Coup: Madagascar’s Masoala Peninsula
Madagascar is an island nation in limbo.
The Alternative Jesus: Psychedelic Christ
WANTED JESUS CHRIST ALIAS: THE MESSIAH, THE SON OF GOD, KING OF KINGS, LORD OF LORDS, PRINCE OF PEACE, ETC. > Notorious leader of an underground liberation movement > Wanted for the following charges: —Practicing medicine, winemaking and food distribution without a license.
Speeders, Say Cheese
Some people get angry. Some stoically accept their fate
Internet Fraud: FTC Takes On Antivirus Scam in Crackdown
At the Kiev offices of Innovative Marketing Ukraine, hundreds of programmers, translators and database engineers created a software product that made the company a world leader — an exceptional achievement in the impoverished former Soviet republic.
Got Yttrium?
Mark Kristoff has rare-earth minerals in his blood. His father was an executive with Molycorp, which owned and operated the biggest American rare-earth mine, near the Mojave Desert town of Mountain Pass, Calif
2-Min. Bio: Muammar Gaddafi
Famously dubbed the “mad dog of the Middle East” by former President Ronald Reagan, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has a reputation that has run the gamut from eccentric revolutionary to international pariah over his long career. Often seen swathed in animal skins and surrounded by a posse of virgin female bodyguards, the colorful leader has become as well known for his unusual personality as for his controversial political moves, the latest of which included celebrating convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi’s return to Libya.
Health-Care Passes the House, But Now Comes the Really Hard Part
On Saturday morning, about 12 hours before the U.S.
Reid Signals Delay in Passing Health Bill This Year
Still struggling to line up the 60 votes that are needed to overcome a potential filibuster of health care reform, Senate majority leader Harry Reid sent a strong signal on Tuesday that President Obama is unlikely to be signing his top domestic priority into law this year, as Democrats had hoped. “We’re not going to be bound by timelines,” Reid told reporters as he emerged from a weekly lunch with Democratic Senators.
Obama to lift HIV/AIDS travel ban
President Obama announced Friday that he will lift a 22-year-old ban on entry into the United States for people infected with HIV/AIDS.