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Exploring northern Spain's cheese country
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The cheese of northern Spain is, like the land that produces it, rough, coarse and sharp, and there's no way to taste it without traveling there.
Happiness conference convenes in San Francisco
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
In a city where the pursuit of well-being is something of a high art, an array of scientists, philosophers, doctors, psychologists, navel-gazing Googlers and Tibetan Buddhists addressed the latest findings on the science of human happiness.
Californian finds new life in Cambodia
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
After being deported from his homeland, a former gang member is teaching Cambodian street children the art he brought with him, break dancing, as well as his hard lessons in life.
In a world of digital trails, what about privacy?
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of.
Organic restaurants where only diners come from afar
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
In Britain as elsewhere, organic restaurants are increasingly seeking out local suppliers. After all, what good is an organic carrot or blueberry with a giant carbon footprint?
Google's gatekeepers
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Nicole Wong and her colleagues decide what the world can see on YouTube. Are they also determining the limits of free speech?
Afghan refugees return home to a life of desperation
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The situation in Afghan refugee settlements is dire, as government and aid groups lack the capacity to confront the approaching winter.
Odetta, voice of American civil rights movement, dies at 77
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The singer, whose deep voice wove together the strongest songs of American folk music and the civil rights movement, died Tuesday. She was 77.
Guantánamo and China: A shared legal dead zone
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Some of the things that China is accused of doing - preventing transparency, using national security to justify closed-door proceedings, bypassing procedure - are what the Bush administration has been doing at Guantánamo Bay.
Internet helps foster communication between Iran and U.S.
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Three decades after the United States cut off diplomatic ties with Iran, blogs and e-mail have become crucial conduits for communication between the countries.
Relief as Thai airport reopens
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Airline reservation offices were swamped with calls, and it was likely to be several days before the estimated 230,000 stranded foreign visitors would be able to leave Thailand.
British balance human gain versus the cost of drugs
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Skyrocketing health care prices have led a growing number of countries to follow Britain's example when asking the hardest of questions: How much is life worth?
How not to run foreign policy
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The mistakes characteristic of American administrations defy change over time. Here are three things not to do when running American foreign policy.
Thomas L. Friedman: Calling all Pakistanis
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders in Mumbai?
Roger Cohen: A court for a new America
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The U.S. should close ranks with its allies in using the law to fight genocide.
Amid U.S. diplomatic effort, Mumbai police find a leftover bomb
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
A former U.S. Defense Department official said intelligence agencies had determined that former Pakistani officers helped train the Mumbai attackers, but that no links had been found to the Pakistani government.
Bild turns to the public for photos
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The largest German newspaper is selling a basic digital camera in a bid to recruit a legion of citizen journalists to contribute images to its coverage.
White House shift on coal-mining rules angers environmentalists
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The shift will make it easier for coal companies to dump rock and dirt from mountaintop mining operations into nearby streams and valleys.
German automakers brace for downturn
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The head of the auto industry association has even raised the sensitive issue of potential layoffs.
Nominee for commerce chief has unusual breadth
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Barack Obama said Wednesday that Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, his choice to be secretary of commerce, was not a consolation prize for not being appointed secretary of state.
Afghans sign treaty banning cluster munitions
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The decision appeared to reflect President Hamid Karzai's growing independence from the Bush administration, which has opposed the treaty and had reportedly urged Karzai not to sign it.
EU proposes deeper ties to 6 ex-Soviet nations
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The proposed new "Eastern Partnership" with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus offers free trade deals, closer energy ties, easier access to visas and financial assistance programs.
Zimbabwe police break up cholera protest
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Zimbabwean riot police brandishing batons charged into a group of doctors and nurses in Harare, breaking up a demonstration for better pay and working conditions.
One man's 3-year experiment in eating organic food - all the time
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Dr. Alan Greene has eaten nothing but organic food for the last three years. And the result, he says, is that he has more energy and is healthier.
Is Europe ready for U.S.-style Olympics coverage?
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
By throwing open the bidding to broadcast the Games of 2014 and 2016, the Olympic committee could allow commercial and pay-TV channels to wrest the rights away from their publicly funded rivals.
Europe's big stimulus plans don't quite add up
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
Behind the headlines, the numbers are wispy, at best. But analysts say that the goal is often just to reassure the public.
U.S. lets Mexico have drug war funds
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 16:49
The U.S. government was finally releasing $400 million on Wednesday to support Mexican police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels.
New domain consolidates contact info
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 15:02
A .tel domain name would allow individuals, businesses and organizations to have contact information - from telephone numbers to identities for virtual games - updated automatically.
Britain takes more measures to stabilize housing
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 13:12
The British government will guarantee interest payments worth up to £1 billion owed by homeowners struggling to keep up with mortgages.
Maverick animators draw for the adults
International Herald Tribune - Wed, 12/03/2008 - 13:04
An insurgent element of artists in the United States continues to make animation for adults, often with traditional methods of pencil and film.
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