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Oct 16, 2009 12:06 amAfter qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 12 years on Sept. 10, Chile played its last game of the season Wednesday against Ecuador.
After qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 12 years on Sept. 10, Chile played its last game of the season Wednesday against Ecuador.
On a recent visit to London, I was fortunate enough to visit a number of the city’s great venues of art, from the Tate Modern and the National Gallery to the Dali Universe and the Photographers’ Gallery.
SANTIAGO, Chile - Last Saturday, Chile triumphed in a victory against Colombia that is now bringing them to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
LAKE SANDOVAL, Peru - Gold miners dump mercury into the Madre de Dios River five kilometers from some of the most intensely protected rainforests in Peru.
FLORENCE, Italy - Some things are just better when seen in a photograph.
SYDNEY - “Woolloomooloo” became a popular term for Sydneysiders last week.
HYDERADBAD, India - A few weeks ago, former president Clinton spoke about how it’s a mistake to give food aid only in times of national disaster rather than promote food production and self-reliance among impoverished regions as crisis prevention.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – As someone born and raised in Indiana, Chicago was the city I was initially rooting for.
EDINBURGH, Scotland – Kilts. They’re funny-looking plaid skirts that are always an interesting thing to talk about but hard to understand.
MILAN - Become head of the country, and you are off the hook.
IU professor Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to win Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday. Ostrom was honored for her work in analyses of economic governance, or the way people exercise authority in economic systems.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is a tiny man.
OSLO — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
Yes, my friends, it is that oh-so-highly anticipated biannual event known as Fashion Week.
As a student studying at a Chilean university, I have discovered many differences between the lives of American students and those of Chilean students.
CANTERBURY, England - In just a couple short months, we will watch as more than 15,000 officials from 192 countries convene in Copenhagen, Denmark, and attempt to tackle what is arguably the most urgent international issue of our time – climate change.
We all know floods can be detrimental. If there was ever any doubt, the flooding from Hurricane Katrina surely diminished it.
CALAMA, Chile – What is big, worth 30-40 million dollars, used in the northern part of Chile, and has to be replaced every single year? Answer: the biggest brand of Michelin tires that they produce.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A former Yale University lab technician charged with strangling a graduate student and stuffing her body behind a laboratory wall appeared in court Tuesday but did not enter a plea to murder.
TOLEDO, Ohio - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down an appeal filed by a Roman Catholic priest convicted of murdering a nun in Ohio.
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