Local religious events

10 February 2012, 9:37 pm

Valentine's Dinner Dance. The United Methodist Men of First United Methodist Church in Compton will host their annual Valentine's Dinner Dance at 6 tonight at the Carson Community Center, 3 Civic Plaza Drive, Carson.... Read More »

Thai salesgirl who swallowed 83 drug pellets to hang

10 February 2012, 4:28 pm

SHAH ALAM: A 28-year-old Thai woman, who swallowed 83 pellets containing drugs, was sentenced to death by a High Court here for trafficking in 765.9gm of cocaine.... Read More »

Africa: The Back Story to Cida-Mining Partnerships

10 February 2012, 12:23 pm

Mining companies' branding of themselves as bringers of development needs to be critically examined against the burgeoning 'resource curse' literature that links mining to deepening national impoverishment in mining-dependent developing countries The Canadian International Development Agency's fundi... Read More »

Argentina to denounce British nukes at Falkland Islands

10 February 2012, 8:09 am

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez speaks Feb. 7, 2012, during a national address while standing in front of a Falklands Islands' map at Government Palace in Buenos Aires.... Read More »

Why is Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner reopening old Falklands wounds?

10 February 2012, 8:09 am

Cristina FernA ndez de Kirchner was a young crusading lawyer when she watched anxious military conscripts tramp through the cold and wind of her adopted home town, Rio Gallegos, on their way to invade the Falkland Islands .... Read More »

The Loft PH Arias by HM Arquitectos

10 February 2012, 8:09 am

The Loft PH Arias home creates a space for solace and alleviation in the subtropical environment of Buenos Aires, Argentina.... Read More »

Something to declare: South America, via Canada; The Maldives;...

10 February 2012, 7:04 am

Anyone in need of a short-notice winter warmer should consider the "southern cone" of South America.... Read More »

Continued Stressful Southern Brazil Conditions

10 February 2012, 2:55 am

Continued stressful southern Brazil conditions, a drier trend for Argentina, continued bitter cold conditions in Europe, renewed cold wave concerns in Ukraine, a decent chance for precipitation next week over the Southern Plains, and a dry and cold pattern in the western Midwest and Northern Plains ... Read More »

Family, fans and friends say farewell to Spinetta

9 February 2012, 10:50 pm

Family, fans and friends gathered today to pay their last tribute to musician and poet Luis Alberto "El Flaco" Spinetta.... Read More »

Cristina: "People like Spinetta does not die, they just go"

9 February 2012, 6:35 pm

The president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, inaugurated works in the locations in Buenos Aires of Olavarria and Merlo, and the town of General Alvear, Mendoza, via teleconference.... Read More »