Woolstencroft caps record gold rush - Toronto Star
Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia won the race, her second straight gold medal. Woolstencroft, an electrical engineer who helped design and install the wiring at the Whistler ski venues used for the Olympics and Paralympics, grew up on skis.
Patriotism By Decree in Slovakia - Time
As nationalistic laws go, the one just passed in Slovakia seems rather tame on the surface. Earlier this month, the Slovak parliament approved a "patriotic act" mandating that every school play the Slovak national anthem on Mondays and that each ...
Slovakia Insurance Report Q2 2010 - new market report ... - PR Inside
This report differs from its predecessors in several respects. In our analysis of competitive conditions, we provide a much more comprehensive ranking of insurance companies in the major segments from the point of view of the organisation that is ...
Hudson County father loses custody fight for son taken ... - Bridgeton News
Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal Even though courts in Slovakia twice ruled Jersey City resident Brian McGinley had the right to bring his 11-year-son Brendan back to New Jersey, the Hudson County man might never see his son again due to delays ...
Canada's Woolstencroft wins fourth gold - Concord Monitor
Earlier, Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasovia of Slovakia, guided by Natalia Suvrtova, won the women's super giant slalom for the visually impaired, earning her fourth medal. of the Paralympics. Canada's Viviane Forest was second in 1:37.54.
Kia Motors to build new engine plant in Slovakia - Earthtimes
Bratislava - South Korean carmaker Kia Motors said Thursday it plans to build a new 100-million-euro (136.7 million dollars) engine factory near its existing plant in Slovakia. The new plant, to be located in the western city of Zilina, is designed ...
The Tank Presents The Gilded Red Cage, 3/21 - Broadway World
As part of the New York Public Library's Performing Revolution festival, Slovakia's Banovce Underground Theatre (BaPoDi) will bring to New York its original production of The Gilded Red Cage. In two 50-minute dramatic monologues and an exhibit of ...
Slovakia decides it is foolish to enact 'Patriot Act ... - Irish Times
HAVING ENDURED international ridicule when one of its aircraft flew explosives to Dublin, Slovakia has sought to spare itself more blushes by delaying the introduction of a controversial new “Patriot Act” that was due to come into force on April ...
Norway's Nymark ready to make his mark in Dudince - European Athletics
Slovakia, on 27 March. Norway's World Championships 50km Walk silver medallist Trond Nymark will be the star attraction for the next European Athletics Walking Meeting in Dudince, Slovakia on 27 March . The 29th Dudinska Patdesiatka is the third of ...
In Slovakia, Patriotism By Decree Sparks a Backlash - YAHOO!
The legislation was sponsored by the Slovak National Party , an ultra-nationalist outfit whose controversial leader, Jan Slota, is known for his xenophobic slurs, which are often aimed at the country's ethnic Hungarians. But Slota maintains that he ...
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Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche
Rescue crews end their search in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry after accounting for everyone in an area where an avalanche cascaded down a mountain, killing one snowmobiler.
Moderate earthquake, aftershock shake eastern Cuba
A moderate earthquake and smaller aftershock rattled houses and nerves in eastern Cuba on Saturday near the U.S. holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. No damages or injuries were reported.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Pakistani Taliban kill 4, calling them US spies
The bullet-riddled bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, killed by the Taliban for allegedly spying for the United States, were found Sunday in a semiautonomous tribal region near the Afghan border, witnesses and officials said.
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
 Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency says.
Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
 Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
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