A Georgian man cries for his relative, who died in Gori/Georgian under Russian bombs.

The Chinese regime controls the internet with a clever monitoring system during the 2008 Olympic Games. I want to open up how this Giant Firewall works.

Iran´s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be ready to have a dialogue with the U.S. Administration but after official end of George W. Bush Administration.

The term hero seems to be as varied and personal as one's choice of deodorant.

Military law and the overthrow of democracy in an attempted army coup was thwarted by Spain's King Juan Carlos in its early post Franco days in the 1980's, and Spain blossomed as it became acceptable to take a holiday there. But the royal families aren’t as popular as they once were - could Juan Carlos be the last Spanish monarch?

India, being the seventh largest country in the world is spread across a vast region. From the foot of the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, this country poses numerous types of human races. Divided into 28 states and 7 central provinces, this greatest democracy of the world has a population more than 1150 millions. Having a very imbalanced nature of population, the nation stands out with different densities at different regions. Metropolitan cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, etc. have become the economic hubs alluring numerous people. Along with economic growth, the country demands open notion in human ideas beyond regionalism. Unfortunately that demand hasn't been fulfilled completely even after 61 years of achieving freedom.

It was my birthday and I was going to be 22 years old. I was walking hand in hand with my boyfriend “Arash” in Pahlavi Street one of the most popular streets in Tehran. I can say it was my best day in my whole life, because my boyfriend “Arash” lost his life the next day after my birthday in demonstration against Shah. He believed we can have better life after Shah but it was only an illusion.

Melody Derleth of Beaver Dam knows what the secret is to her status as the Ultimate Fan. “It’s longevity,” she laughs. It’s true that longevity has enabled her to do what few other Badger fans have ever done: attend every home football game for the past 50 years. Since 1957, when her brother. Hank, began playing for the Badgers (he was captain in 1960), Derleth has been a staple on the sidelines.

Welcome to our third annual Inside Wisconsin Sports All-State basketball issue. I hope you enjoy reading this issue as much as the staff at Inside Wisconsin Sports enjoyed putting it together. And how could you not enjoy reading about basketball in the State of Wisconsin? It is nearing the end of February as I write this Publisher’s Note and the newest Division I men’s basketball polls were just released. At the very top of the Associated Press poll sits a team that has never been there before, our very own Wisconsin Badgers. That’s right, the Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is ranked #1 in the country.

Sicko "Michael Moore's scathing, important look at the US healthcare system has plenty to rile the far right -- and a lot more to enrage the larger American public.

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