Cientos de familiares y amigos se congregaron en la explanada donde se celebró el Festival Nova, lugar de la mayor masacre dentro de la oleada de ataques...
- 23/09/2009 02:00
PARIS. A career diplomat from Bulgaria won a suspenseful and drawn-out race to lead the UN agency for culture and education on Tuesday, ...
PARIS. A career diplomat from Bulgaria won a suspenseful and drawn-out race to lead the UN agency for culture and education on Tuesday, beating out an Egyptian candidate whose one-time threat to burn Israeli books had galvanized opposition. In a fifth round of secret balloting Tuesday, Bulgaria's ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, defeated Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny for the leadership of UNESCO. Bokova, 57, will become UNESCO's first woman director general and the first from the former Soviet bloc.
AUSTELL. Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia were awash in several feet of murky, brown water yesterday. Torrential southeast rains soaked the area for days, and at least eight people have died since an onslaught of bad weather began late Sunday.
SYDNEY.The company at the center of a massive oil spill off Australia's northwest coast said yesterday it was still about two weeks away from plugging the leak, which has already been gushing for more than a month. An estimated 400 barrels of oil has spilled daily into the Timor Sea since the West Atlas drilling rig began leaking on August 21, forcing the evacuation of 69 workers.
LUANDA. Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos marks three decades in power this week. Just another day in the life of Africa's second longest serving and enigmatic leader. The 67-year-old ruler, who never won an election, is set to default once again on a promise to hold a presidential vote this year. His party signaled this month that the election could take place only in 2012.
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