Venezuelan Middle Class Seeks Refuge In Miami

MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela’s growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000. Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan. Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he’d […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Salamanca fled Venezuela's growing political turmoil in January with his wife, two teenage children and $7,000. Two months into their journey to the United States, he and his wife are sleeping most nights in an old, worn Nissan. Salamanca had no family or business contacts in the U.S. No property he'd purchased on a

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France Doubles Down On CAR Commitment After Hollande Visit

French President Francois Hollande paid another visit to his troops in the Central African Republic, emphasizing the country’s unity. But how long will French troops remain deployed there?

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
French President Francois Holland inspects weapons confiscated from ex-Seleka rebels.

French President Francois Hollande visited French troops deployed to the Central African Republic on Friday and met with the interim president of the troubled country, according news reports. Hollande held talks with President Catherine Samba Panza, addressed some of the French soldiers keeping peace there and met with religious leaders during a

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Suicide Bombers Called Biggest Sochi Olympics Risk

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Sochi’s Olympic venues are now among the most tightly guarded facilities in the world, the rest of this sprawling Black Sea resort looks more vulnerable. With about 100,000 police, security agents and army troops flooding Sochi, Russia has pledged to ensure “the safest Olympics in history.” But terror fears fueled […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — While Sochi's Olympic venues are now among the most tightly guarded facilities in the world, the rest of this sprawling Black Sea resort looks more vulnerable. With about 100,000 police, security agents and army troops flooding Sochi, Russia has pledged to ensure "the safest Olympics in history." But terror fears fueled by

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How Climate Change Is Helping Al Qaeda

The Sahel is environmentally fragile and politically unstable. Here’s how climate change is making a difficult situation worse.

Global Post
By Global Post

NAIROBI, Kenya and GAO, Mali—  The Sahel is an environmentally fragile zone that stretches across Africa just south of the Sahara desert. To get a better idea of how climate change can worsen conflict there, GlobalPost spoke with three experts on the topic: Drew Sloan of energy efficiency company Opower, Marshall Burke of the University of

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Some Families Exultant, Some Heartbroken As Palestinian Prisoners Released

Israeli politicians squabble over the release of Palestinian prisoners, while some families rejoice and others grieve.

Noga Tarnopolsky
By Noga Tarnopolsky

  JERUSALEM — The Palestinian city of al-Bireh and the Israeli settlement of Ofra lie exactly seven miles apart along one of the most beautiful ridges in the West Bank, in a breathtaking, craggy landscape colored dusky green and sandstone yellow. But the region's beauty exists in stark dissonance to the rifts and misfortune it

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An Eye For An Eye In A Dog-Eat-Dog World?

Is conflict simply an inescapable fact of existence, or are there alternatives?

John Nordin
By John Nordin

Is all this fighting necessary? The wars, religious conflicts, lawsuits, marital squabbling, arguments at work, the struggle for control of organizations, and all the rest of it -- is it really necessary? Is conflict programmed into an inherently dog-eat-dog world, an inescapable reality from the wilds of nature to the summit of human life? Some

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