American Capital

Brown's story.(MORE ON JOHN BROWN)(Brief article)
Civil War Times; 2/1/2010; 536 words; ...to life in two new exhibits--one in the former Confederate capital and another in cyberspace. The Virginia Historical Society's "The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory" will be on display at the Richmond museum through April...

The world's healthiest food
International Herald Tribune; 1/4/2010; 913 words; ...encountered the other day at a hospital here in the Honduran capital. Three babies lay in cots next to one another with birth defects...is permanent." Nine years ago, Mr. Dodson was simply an American businessman running a 300-employee waste company that he...

Japan's dilemma, in capsule form ; As economy struggles, some jobless are a tiny space away from street
International Herald Tribune; 1/4/2010; 1158 words; ...on one recent December night, two young women watched the American television show "24" on a TV inside the sauna. One said...look for work. She intended to be a hostess at one of the capital's cabaret clubs, where women engage in conversation with...

This ugly fortress proves the US does not expect affection
The Independent - London; 1/4/2010; 564 words; ...Analysis THE US embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, which has just closed its doors...19 people were killed, one of them an American woman. At the start of the US invasion...despite proffered aid from the US and an American-British Yemeni counter-terrorism...

The world must tread carefully in Yemen
The Independent - London; 1/4/2010; 727 words; ...Abdulmutallab, is said to have been trained.At the weekend, the top American commander in the region, David Petraeus, announced plans...is destined to fail. Most of all, loose talk in Western capitals of pre-emptive military action against Yemen's Islamist...