Concha Buika's voice doesn't come from inside her petite body: It comes from Africa, and from the past. There are obvious traces of flamenco, itself a historical mash-up of the Moors and various transitory cultures in southern Spain and north Africa. - npr展开全文 原微博
Obama told Israel the U.S. is "proud to stand with you as your strongest ally." Obama has had frosty relations with Israel's leaders and is on his first trip to the nation. (CNN 2013.03.20)展开全文 原微博
Politics trumped progress on Friday as President Barack Obama and Republican leaders traded blame for $85 billion in forced spending cuts after they failed to come up with a compromise to avert the harshest impacts. ( CNN 2013.03.01)展开全文 原微博
It’s no surprise that coffee growers in Colombia have gone on strike to protest falling coffee prices, but the market for the beverage may have gotten so bad that the nation that’s famous for its high-quality beans is now importing coffee. (MarketWatch 2013.02.28)展开全文 原微博
The discovery of traces of horsemeat in food products supposedly made of beef or pork has caused a scandal in Britain and, most recently, prompted Ikea to withdraw its Swedish meatballs from stores in 21 European countries. (CNBC)展开全文 原微博
During his presidency, he managed to keep the United States of America together and gave a people held in bondage, American slaves, the freedom they so desperately deserved.展开全文 原微博
On Monday morning, fighting for her life at a Delhi hospital, a 23-year-old victim of a brutal gang rape in Delhi last week was unaware that at the heart of Delhi in Jantar Mantar, a protest ground, a crowd massed in her defense, demanding justice. (TIME)展开全文 原微博
With the U.S. presidential election heating up, 24/7 Wall St. decided to examine public companies’ political contributions in the current election cycle. The donations include monies given to political parties, candidates, and political action committees.展开全文 原微博
