The three remaining contenders are visited by their families and, in a surprise twist, Destiney demonstrates discretion and some common sense. It is, of course, her kiss of death.
A spectacular find may prove what many have long suspected. E-mails and other files found on a FARC laptop in the jungles of Ecuador show that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez may have close relations with the terror group.
Ingrid Matthäus-Maier, the head of German state bank KfW, has resigned. She had been criticized for her handling of the financial problems besetting the state-owned bank IKB, of which KfW owns 45.5 percent.
The East German secret police may have disbanded long ago, but fear of former Stasi members lives on. A court is about to decide whether a former Stasi informant can be outed in public. The answer will say a lot
With the Olympic Games rapidly approaching, more attention than ever is being focused on China's handling of protests in Tibet and on the state of human rights in the Communist country. SPIEGEL spoke with human rights advocate Liu Xiaobo about
The International Auschwitz Committee has strongly criticized Germany's national rail operator over its refusal to allow a traveling Holocaust exhibition to be shown at Berlin's main train station. Organizers plan to protest the company's stance at a demonstration in central
NEW ORLEANS, April 7, 2008 — Amid concerns about rising gas prices and the growing need for environmentally-friendly alternatives to fossil fuels, American Chemical Society President Bruce E. Bursten, Ph.D., will lead a special half-day symposium entitled "Energy Research: Future
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees. Reporting in the cover article of the April 7, 2008 issue of
A limited nuclear weapons exchange between Pakistan and India using their current arsenals could create a near-global ozone hole, triggering human health problems and wreaking environmental havoc for at least a decade, according to a study led by the University
Bloomberg) -- The U.S. will use less gasoline this summer than last year, the first drop for that season since 1991, said Guy Caruso, administrator of the Energy Information Administration. Demand is expected to fall by 85,000 barrels a day,
Oil sands, long too expensive to process, help make it major U.S. source Ft. McMurray, Alberta - With oil prices hovering near a hundred dollars a barrel, there’s a major oil boom underway. It’s not happening in the sweltering heat
Bloomberg) -- World oil prices are likely to remain high ``for many years to come'' as demand increases and national oil companies lack an incentive to increase production, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency said. ``The current drivers
Creative financing allows cities to expand public transit offerings City commuters weary of stuffy journeys aboard buses and subways now have a better way to get to work, buy groceries and meet for a Saturday matinee. The bike-sharing programs that
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has given planning permission for a prototype tidal power project in the northeast England, industry minister John Hutton said on Monday. Pulse Tidal Ltd's test project, which has been given 878,000 of public money, could generate
