US, Brazil Sign Defense Accord
The agreement will increase cooperation on military research and development, information exchange and joint training www1.voanews.com |
Police Department Puts Corpulent Cops on a Diet
To slim down a force in which three-quarters of the more than 70,000 officers are considered overweight, the powers that be have imposed a rather austere diet at official department eateries. nytimes.com |
Currents: A Weird Way of Thinking Has Prevailed Worldwide
If a provocative new study is to be believed, the world lives in a situation where American undergraduates monopolize our knowledge of human nature. feeds.nytimes.com |
Plan B Turns Out to Be Fastest Path for Rescue
Three efforts to bore through the abrasive volcanic rock went forward simultaneously, but it was an effort using drills that broke through to the miners first. feeds.nytimes.com |
Nestor Kirchner, Former Argentine President, Dies
Mr. Kirchner was the current president’s husband, and he was expected to run for president again in 2011. feeds.nytimes.com |