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The most expected feasts by the community of Palmares and the rest of the country, thanks to their social development, are taking place on January 11th-23rd.Food stands, concerts, a horse parade, bull rides, cultural performances, fireworks, among other fun...

Brazil’s government adopting measures aimed at producing the first sustainable World Cup in history.By Nelza Oliveira for Infosurhoy.comRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil wants 2014 to be the year the World Cup goes green. The road to a sustainable...

Twenty years ago this month the Soviet Union broke up. Russians are restive again, though the entrenched oligarchy (having gone from communism to capitalism, from putsch to Putin) will be very hard to dislodge.On one hand, it seems like...

Raised as a Catholic when the Mass was in Latin, I was compelled to go to church six days a week (five times before school, once on Sunday, when it was a mortal sin to miss). One Sunday, as...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The number of children working in dangerous or illegal jobs fell 14% in the past 10 years in the Dominican Republic – a remarkable turnaround from just a decade ago, when the country was...

By James HollowayResearchers at the University of Texas say it is possible to hike the energy yield of solar cells by exploiting what they call a photon's "shadow state", doubling the number of electrons that may be harvested in the...

Humanity is the start of the race; I say Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, the atom to split. Robinson JeffersFittingly, at the end of this annus horribilis, I’m reading...

The global Occupy movement focuses on the 99%, but what about the poor 1%? Eating the rich won’t end starvation.They’re getting the negative focus, and should for the most part. Even so, have pity on the rich, if for...

Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded along the country's potentially explosive sectarian lines and the drumbeat of...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The growth of the Brazilian economy, together with the shortage of skilled labor, is attracting more foreign workers to the country.During the first half of 2011, a record 26,545 work visas were issued to...