US Secretary of State in Georgia Hours After Deadly Georgian Firefight

Condoleeza Rice is in Georgis today, as teh country continues to experience violence in the breakaway northern region of Abkhazia, where an ethnic minority is fighting for independence. The breakaway area is supported by Russia, which it borders. "U.S. Secretary of State...

Faces of Bali - Gunung Kawi Tampaksiring

"An archaeological complex, one of the oldest religious places in Bali. It lies on gorge of Pakerisan River. To reach the complex visitors must walk about 600 metres from the parking area to the ticket counter...

Gianyar - The Mother of Ubud

"Gianyar Regency is located at central Bali , with Ubud as one of the district in Gianyar regency became a famoust tourist destination in the world. Until the fourteen century Bali was ruled Bali by the Warmadewa...

The Gas Prices We Deserve

Here's a great column from George Will. "Rising in the Senate on May 13, Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat, explained: "I rise to discuss rising energy prices." The president was heading to Saudi Arabia to seek an increase in its oil production, and Schumer's gorge was...

Georgia-Russia tensions ramped up

Abkhazia, a break-away region of the caucasus nation of George that is under Russian occupation, is at the center of a new dispute between the two countries. Since the regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetiafought wars in the 1990's with Georgia, the country has been occupied...

Bulimic John Prescott's secret Big Mac binges

It's take a big man to admit to binge eating. A quite candid revelation."Bulimic John Prescott used to gorge on Big Macs after attending lavish five-course state banquets.The former Deputy Premier's late-night...

Kosovo Gets Salute from Bush

"ABCLive:Newly nation in global Map ‘Kosovo” today gets its major recognition from United states when president Gorge W. Bush during his foreign tip in Tanzania made a statement that his country will soon establish diplomatic relation the Kosovo"

Wish You Weren't Here: Top 10 Most Disappointing Tourist Spots

London's Daily Telegraph has released a list of the Top 10 Most Disappointing tourist destinations, as determined by Virgin Travel Insuarance. Though the survey was mostly built as a bit of handsome PR for a...

The Urban Buffet

The Urban Buffet is on the corner of Nelson and Homer. It looks a little creepy on the outside .. this huge old building glowing with neon lights and the glare off of deep fried this and that. The lady that welcomed us at the door seemed a little 'too' inviting if you get my...

Human Origins: 10 Classic Papers from Leakey to Johanson (Open Access)

Human Origins: 10 Classic Papers from Leakey to Johanson, from 1925 to 1994 (Open Access/Free):1) Dart, R. A. Australopithecus africanus: The Man-Ape of South Africa Nature 115, 195-199 (1925) When Dart, an...

Sasquatch! fans brave a scowling Zeus

Sasquatch! Wow what a great show! I was in the gorge over the weekend, camping, and rocking with some twenty thousand people along the rock walls which hold together the Columbia River. Ok, ok, there were some...

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