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Pope calls for religious freedom in Muslim states (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - Pope Benedict Thursday said all states must guarantee the freedom for everyone to practice their faith publicly, a clear criticism of some Muslim countries where religious rights are…

Russia wants troop limit in new NATO states: report (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Reuters - Russia is demanding that any new cooperation deal with NATO include limits on the number of troops posted in the alliance’s new member states in central Europe, a…

Bin Laden hunter on his way back to United States (AP)

June 23rd, 2010

This handout 1997 booking photo courtesy of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office in Colorado shows Gary B. Faulkner. Pakistan may quickly release Faulkner who is being held on suspicion of wanting to kill Osama bin Laden, a senior official said Friday.(AFP/HO/File)AP - An American on a solo mission to hunt down Osama bin Laden is headed back to the United States, ten days after authorities found him in the woods…

Arab states spotlight Israel at nuclear meeting (AP)

May 4th, 2010

Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the 2010 High-level Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on May 3, at the United Nations In New York. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Tuesday the time has come for the UN Security Council to press Iran with new tough sanctions to curb its nuclear ambitions.(AFP/File/Don Emmert)AP - Arab countries sought to turn attention to Israel on Tuesday as delegates from 189 countries debated how to stem the spread of nuclear weapons.


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Culture Shock - International Students in the United States

April 9th, 2010

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This video is about cross-cultural adaptation and culture shock.

Foreign students share their perceptions of their experiences in the U.S. as each of them (plus one specialist in cross-cultural relations and…

Strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US states (AP)

April 5th, 2010

Men stand next to cracks on a street in Mexicali, Mexico, early Monday, April 5, 2010, aftger a powerful earthquake struck. The quake shook buildings in Mexico, California and Arizona.  (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Aftershocks rattled the southwest Mexico-U.S. border on Monday morning in the aftermath of a major earthquake that killed two people, blacked out cities and forced the evacuation of…