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Interdisciplinary International Intercultural Studies

March 31st, 2011

The International Space University is based in Strasbourg, France. Fifty students from all corners of the world are preparing for their future careers in Space Science. They are studying a…

International LPU Summit

March 3rd, 2011

November 10-11th, 2010 in London, England. ALL current members (LPU9 and LPUX, everywhere in the world) are invited to this exclusive event, and LPUX Annual members will be admitted for…

Obama seeks better ties with skeptical Muslim world (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama held up his boyhood home of Indonesia as an example to the Muslim world in a speech on Wednesday in which he said America was…

Obama says U.S. earnest, reaching out to Muslim world (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Washington’s effort to reach out to the Muslim world was earnest and would help improve U.S. security, although he acknowledged that…

World Bank chief moots return to gold standard (AFP)

November 8th, 2010

File photo of gold bullion bars in the vaults at the Bank of England, in London. World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday urged the world's leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.(AFP/Ho)AFP - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday urged the world’s leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.


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China, France join forces for world monetary reform (AFP)

November 6th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) mingle with the crowd in the French riviera city of Nice. China and France have joined forces to push for reform of the global monetary system when France takes the helm of the G20 economic grouping next week.(AFP/POOL/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - China and France have joined forces to push for reform of the global monetary system when France takes the helm of the G20 economic grouping next week.


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World watches US election and speculates on impact (AP)

November 3rd, 2010

The U.S. Capitol and House of Representatives is seen through fall foliage on election day in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The poor showing by President Barack Obama’s party in the U.S. election is not likely to lead to major changes in the country’s foreign policy, and could even…

Race Around the World Part 1

October 30th, 2010

An 18-year-old driver competes on the international racing circuit with the help of his friends, family and his father’s high-tech race-car, The Mach 5.

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Chile miners: From world fame to humble homes (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Rescued miner Richard Villarroel stands next to an altar of religious statues as he visits to the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile, Saturday Oct. 16, 2010.  Villarroel is one of the 33 miners who were trapped inside the gold and copper mine for 69 days before being rescued on Wednesday Oct. 13. (AP Photo/Carlos Espinoza)AP - Chile’s 33 rescued miners got heroes’ welcomes, still wearing the sunglasses that make them look like rock stars, as they pushed through swarms of news media eager to…

Swiss celebrate longest tunnel breakthrough (AP)

October 15th, 2010

this Aug. 27, 2010 photo shows a worker taking a break in the shaft of the gate still to be built at the track change between the two tunnels in the Gotthard Base Tunnel's 'Faido' section near Faido in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland.. The company in charge of the project says there are only 59 feet (18 meters) left to dig before completing the last section of the new Gotthard Base Tunnel. When it is opened for traffic in 2017, the Gotthard Base Tunnel will supplant Japan's 33.5-mile (53.6-kilometer) Seikan Tunnel as the world's longest — excluding aqueducts — and allow millions more tons of goods to be transported quickly through the Alps by rail. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martin Ruetschi) *** NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES ***AP - Swiss engineers have smashed through the last stretch of rock to create the longest tunnel in the world.


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