Posted By:  sunflowerluv Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008	the bridge of the spies
Glienicker Brücke (the Glienicke bridge) is a bridge in Berlin which spans the Havel River to connect the cities of Potsdam and Berlin near Klein Glienicke during the . It was completed in 1907. Wiki says that the Soviet Union and the United States used it three times to exchange captured spies...... [view]

Posted By:  jwgbradford Posted On:  Aug 4, 2008	Ideas, Innovation, Action
Uploaded on July 2, 2007 by pictoscribe I was just thinking I needed some inspiration to write a post and Rob Sheffield emailed to point me at WhyNot? an ideas exchange from Profs Ayres & Nalebuff of Yale. Rob and I had been chatting recently about creativity,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 24, 2008	The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) Extended Two Years... It Will Ultimately Be Replaced With A Reciprocal One In Keeping With World Trade Organization (WTO) Standards, Forcing Caribbean Nations To Lower Or Remove Duties On U.S. Goods
PM—CBI extension won: By INDERIA SAUNDERS, Guardian Business Desk - Nassau, Bahamas: WASHINGTON, DC — Bahamian exporters can now breathe a sigh of relief with Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announcing a two-year extension to the Caribbean Basin Initiative, likely just enough time...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 19, 2008	The Elephant and The Ant
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: IT would seem there's no topic worthy of addressing that would not bore our patient readers, after the “Round Table” program of June 12, which dealt with the new edition of a book published in Bolivia 15 years ago, featuring now a prologue I wrote. During this...... [view]

Posted By:  Gumir Posted On:  May 5, 2008	On May 5 on STF RFCA volume of deals with shares made KZT 7,020.0 th. or equivalent of $58.3 th.
Kazakhstan stock exchange (KASE) informs that on April, 16, 2008 on the special trade floor of regional financial center of Almaty (STF RFCA) in the secondary market sector, two deals with common shares KZ1C05500018 (aUTMK) of Ust-Kamenogorskiy titanium-magnesium combine JSC (Ust-Kamenogorsk)...... [view]

Posted By:  Amoeba Posted On:  Mar 14, 2008	AFS Intercultural Programs
Maybe some of you heard about AFS Intercultural Program's recent fiasco. They sent a healthy highschooler to Egypt for a year of foreign exchange, and four months later he was flown home at 97 pounds, and hospitalized for two weeks, where he managed to regain 20 pounds. Read more about that...... [view]

Posted By:  akidsmind Posted On:  Jan 7, 2008	Joining the TIG team
Today was my first day at TakingITGlobal, and I must admit, it was kind of overwhelming at times! I didn't realize that the website was so extensive, and I am really surprised and impressed at how generally well run it is. Looking forward to the rest of my time co-oping here! In other news,...... [view]

People to People International - Pécs/Hungary Chapter
Submitted By:   HansinUngarn Website:  http://www.ptppecs.hu Phone:  +36 72 334480 E-mail:  info@ptppecs.hu	Vision:   The purpose of People to People International is to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities involving the exchange of ideas and experiences directly......   [view]

International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation
Submitted By:    Website:  http://www.ipsf.org Phone:  +31 70 302 1992 E-mail:  ipsf@ipsf.org	Vision:   Our objective is "to study and promote the interests of pharmaceutical students and to encourage international co-operation among them."...   City:   Den Haag   [view]