Walking into Roufus Sport Academy in Milwaukee, I crossed paths with a man who resembled UFC heavyweight Ben Rothwell, but this one looked slimmed down from the man who beat Gilbert Yvel in a decision at UFC 115. Rothwell sustained a knee injury in that fight, and has been rehabbing his knee since. This same [...]
TRIPOLI, Libya ? Moammar Gadhafi’s son al-Saadi is trying to negotiate the terms of his own surrender, the rebel commander in Tripoli told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The commander, Abdel Hakim Belhaj, said al-Saadi first called him Tuesday and asked whether his safety could be guaranteed. “We told him ‘Don’t fear for your life. [...]
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) ? At least 31 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh when a train rammed into a bus driving over a railway crossing, officials said on Thursday. The pre-dawn accident occurred in Uttar Pradesh, senior government official Selva Kumari J. told reporters. Local media said the bus was carrying 80 passengers who were [...]
A couple of weeks ago, in the comments to a post I had made about marriage, cohabitation, and reports by John Gottman that cohabiting couples were more stable in some European countries than in the US, my Alexandria co-blogger turmarion and I discussed the role of economics. I had argued that in countries where cohabitation [...]
Dr. Josef Olmert July 29, 2011 huffingtonpost The Middle East summer is in full force, but not the ?Arab Spring?. In some countries it is just a memory, in others it never showed up, and the domino effect of what started in Tunisia, with such big promise, has not materialized. Egypt, Syria and Libya may [...]