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Günter Grass

"Whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history" Günter Grass, recently awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature, is a distinguished German novelist, lyricist, artist, and…

July 2005 Disasters

July 7, London England: four bombs exploded in three subway stations and on one double-decker bus during the morning rush hour, killing 52 people plus 4 bombers, and wounding more than 700.…

2008 News of the World - India

2008 news of the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe Flag of India Related Links 2008 Year in Review 2008 News of the Nation 2008 People in the News 2008…

Nuclear Ambitions Ebb and Flow

—Borgna Brunner On Dec. 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake > the largest earthquake in 40 years—ruptured the floor of the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The…

Algeria Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Algeria Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Algerian Relations GEOGRAPHYAlgeria, the…

Fall Film Preview, 1998, Part 4

Pixar hopes for another special-effects coup with A Bug's Life. Adam Sandler portrays another hapless hero in Touchstone's The Water Boy. Colonies of another kind — those inhabited by ants —…