It's a tall order but Liam and Natasha get in on the act

"What, you might well enquire, have Hollywood movie stars Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson got to do with the launch of the world's tallest residential building? Stunning in a brown-lacy mini and thigh-high brown suede boots and with the smooth unlined skin of a woman half...

Artist to build four giant waterfalls in New York

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four giant waterfalls will be erected in New York for three months this summer in a public art project city officials hope will create $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the Big Apple. The waterfalls, including one that will fall from the famed...

Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end

"Guantanamo: Six years of injustice need to end By Andy Worthington Commentary by Friday, January 11, 2008 Six years ago today, one of the most depressing icons of the 21st century opened for business. On January 11, 2002, the first of nearly 800 prisoners arrived at a...

Not a good week for Mexico's former president

The LATimes blog here in Mexico City explains what has been a bad week for former president Vicente Fox.[ url="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2007/10/foxs-meltdown-f.html"]Fox's meltdown fascinates Mexico It's been a very bad week in Mexico for Vicente Fox, the...

"Flour Power" in Turkmenistan

"MOSCOW, December 27 - The leader of Turkmenistan's United Democratic Opposition, currently based in Norway, proposed Wednesday sending a trainload of flour to Turkmenistan and carrying out a "flour" revolution in the republic. President-for-Life Saparmurat Niyazov died at...