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SA to Boost Cruise Tourism

By Jade Scully on December 29, 2010 in Africa, Photos, South Africa, Southern Africa

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We all have friends who have done it, or friends of friends who have done it: working on the cruise ships. Applying, being interviewed, being accepted, flying off to some exotic location only to be...

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Cuba is a Metaphor, Not a Country

By David Sasaki on December 29, 2010 in Caribbean, Cuba, Photos

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Cafe La Habana, where according to legend, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and a group of Cuban exiles planned the Cuban Revolution to take down the Batista Dictatorship. It was also a favorite hangout of exiled...

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KFC Expands Into Sub-Saharan Africa

By Danielle Nierenberg on December 29, 2010 in Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Photos, West Africa, Zambia

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Yum! Brands, Inc. is planning to more than double its number of KFC outlets in Africa to 1,200 by 2014, according to the recent Wall Street Journal article “KFC Savors Potential in Africa.” Author Julie Jargon explains how Yum—whose...

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With DADT Gone, Same-Sex Binational Couples Should Focus on Full Federal Equal Rights

By Kathy Drasky on December 29, 2010 in North America, Photos, USA

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With President Obama’s signature on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” this morning, 2010 ends on a high note for gay rights. With the defeat of the DREAM Act in the Senate last week,...

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Children: The World’s Most Valuable Resource & Best Hope for the Future – JFK

By Lainie Liberti on December 29, 2010 in Central America, Guatemala, Photos

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Miro interviews Joe, a public development & research economist, working on a project in Guatemala that studies  chronic malnutrition among children. “Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future” ~John Fitzgerald...

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Fossil Fuel Free

By Katherine Hui on December 29, 2010 in All Countries, Photos

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Kristianstad, a town in Sweden with a population of around 80,000, tends to be known for its production of Absolut Vodka. But, this just in - it's now known for something else - something in...

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Jasmine Flowers Now a Daily Ritual

By Deborah Crooks on December 29, 2010 in Asia, India, Photos

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One of my favorite daily rituals is walking home from practice and picking up a string of fresh jasmine flowers. The garlands are seen everywhere: at temples, strung around rickshaw lights, doorways, in people's hair,...

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28 Scenes of Local Life

By Lainie Liberti on December 28, 2010 in Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, Events, Festivals, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, North America, Panama, Panama City, Photos

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Scenes of Local Life. The children dancers lining up to perform in Merida, Mexico. Wonderful mariachis in Playa Del Carmen Man in Merida, Mexico Helpful waiter with umbrella in Merida, Mexico Man in foreground, man in background in Merida, Mexico Snack...

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