Deal 'reached' on Palestinian hunger strikers Al Jazeera | An agreement deal that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, a senior Palestinian official told Al Jazeera. | "An agreement was reached in Cairo today [Sunday] on a proposal to end the hunger strike of the Palesti...
(photo: AP / Miraflores Press Office, Efrain Gonzalez)
Chavez returns declaring success in fight against cancer Deccan Chronicle | Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home from Havana on Saturday, declaring success in his fight against cancer after a week in which he received what was supposed to be his last session of radiation therapy. | "I have to tell you that in recent days we have successfully concluded this cours...
Counter Intelligence: Roy Choi's Sunny Spot goes to the Caribbean The Los Angeles Times | Do you remember those plexiglass dollhouses that museum shops sold for a while — brightly colored things that looked like the Brady Bunch house as re-imagined by a unicorn? The new Venice restaurant Sunny Spot is a little like that, a bit of ...
200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico Clarion Ledger | NEW ORLEANS - An oil company exploration crew's chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say it's one of the most well-preserved old wrec...
200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf of Mexico Detroit news By Stacey Plaisance Associated Press Comments | New Orleans- An oil company exploration crew's chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say...
Seniors focus on culinary travel for health with nutrition exchanges The Examiner | More seniors searching for healthier trends in foods are becoming active in culinary travel. If you're interested in Culinary Travel, especially the modified Mediterranean diet, you also may be interested in the Oldways Nutrition Exchange. More sen...
Experts Troubled by New Dengue Outbreaks in Western Hemisphere Voa News Dengue fever - a tropical disease once confined mainly to Africa and Asia - has become a growing problem in the Americas. So far, there is no drug to treat the mosquito-borne viral disease or any vaccine to prevent the infection. Public h...
Govind Armstrong: The Kid in the Kitchen LA Weekly | Kevin ScanlonOne of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. | The debut of Post & Beam, chef Govind Armstrong's Baldwin Hills restaurant -- which he had the chutzpah to ope...
AP / Hadi Mizban
Iraq's sagging safety net Al Jazeera | In February 2011, with grassroots uprisings having toppled the governments of Tunisia and Egypt, unrest was swelling in Iraq as well. In response, the government of Prime Ministe...
South Sudan facing food crisis Al Jazeera " />" /> | A combination of bad weather, pests and a deteriorating relationship with the North has led to an economic crisis that is challenging South Sudan's food security. | Ongo...
A conversation with Ana Lizama, Thousand Oaks Café my SA | Ana Lizama, owner of all Thousand Oaks Café locations in San Antonio, likes to work. She goes as far as saying she might be addicted. | “Even when I'm at the restaurant, I'm usually helping my workers with their tasks,” she says. “I'm not th...
Mexico drug war's latest toll: 49 headless bodies dumped in town Clarion Ledger | MONTERREY, MEXICO - Authorities struggled Monday to identify the 49 people found mutilated and scattered in a pool of blood in a region near the U.S .border where Mexico's two dominant drug cartels are trying to outdo each other in bloodshed while ...
