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San Jose area community college chancellor enjoyed big benefits as class offerings shrank
Retiring chancellor Rosa Perez has been under fire for wasting district funds on home furnishings, club memberships, expensive hotel stays and expensive artwork.
20th Anniversary of the Wall's fall in Berlin, Germany.
Twenty years ago the western world was reunited . While the fall of the communist regime in Eastern Europe and the consequent end of Cold War between URSS and USA has a figurative meaning for the whole world, the fall of Berlin's Wall meant much deeper to many Germans.
Vidricksen part of U.S. delegation after fall of Berlin
Ben Vidricksen of Salina was part of an American delegation that had an up-close view of the changes.
World Travel Watch: Bedbugs invade Canada
The pests have turned up in offices, and authorities now worry that they will soon spread on public transit and in public gathering places.
Sunday Journal: Pieces of destructed Berlin Wall belong to those it divided
The images on my hotel television screen caught my attention. The camera panned past the Brandenburg Gate and zoomed in on the Berlin Wall, which divided the city for nearly 30 miles.
Donating to the relief in El Salvador
The Embassy of El Salvador has opened up an account for those who want to donate money to those affected by three days of downpours that resulted in over 150 deaths.
Berlin ice wall melts in London
The London News.Net Monday 9th November, 2009 A wall of ice melted in London Monday as part of celebrations to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Leaders in Berlin Retrace the Walk West
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, on Monday walked through the Bornholmer Bridge with people who crossed it first, twenty years ago.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Berlin
Got 48 hours to spare in Berlin, an eclectic city which proudly bares the scars of the turbulent 20th century history it overcame to become a political and creative powerhouse, bang in the center of Europe.
History as Accident, or the Fall of the Berlin Wall as Comic Relief
Poor Guenter Schabowski. He didn't know no better, as a friend of mine from the Ozarks used to say.
The Night The Wall Fell: Freedom, Fatherhood Collide
Germans are celebrating 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall that divided the city and served as the symbol of a Europe divided between communist East and democratic West.
20 years later, Berlin Wall's fall still resonates
Faculty members of the University of Northern Colorado will convene for a panel discussion concerning the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Families flooded out in El Salvador
Scott Elberger is a US paediatrician volunteering in El Salvador who is now giving medical aid to refugees from the floods that have devastated the country.
Chasing the Story on a Night That Changed All
I met Angelika Wachs for only a few minutes of my life. But what moments they were.
Christmas shoppers are urged to head East for best bargains
Britons banking on pre-Christmas shopping bargains should head for the former Eastern Bloc countries, it has been revealed.
Berlin's Archbishop Recalls Fall of Wall
By Serena Sartini BERLIN, Germany, NOV. 9, 2009 .- On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city's archbishop is recalling the moment of Germany's reunification with gratitude.
Having attacked Obama for overseas "apology tour," conservative...
November 09, 2009 7:48 pm ET - 10 Comments Members of the conservative media, including Fox News, are attacking President Obama for not attending the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
People went for a swim naked and even played beach ball a " naked
On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall came down. The East German nation, for 28 years hidden from the world's eyes behind almost impassable walls, suddenly opened up.
Head Spins: DJ Ipek, at White Room This Thursday
But of all the beats in all the world, wouldn't it make just as much sense for us to embrace the rhythms of East as well as West? But unfortunately, even in a town as wildly diverse as Miami, that kind of collision of cultures is damn hard to come by.
Hillary urges Iran to accept UN nuclear offer
Reuters, Berlin US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged Iran to accept a U.N.-drafted proposal to have uranium for a medical reactor enriched abroad.
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