Yes # Gold crossing the $1000 mark for the first time in history places it as the best currency one can still possess. # Risings prices of agricultural commodities and oil coupled with a falling dollar brings out the risks of paper currency. No #...

During our Sacred Journey to Turkey: Sacred Sites of the Goddess, October 15 - 28, 2008 we arrive in Istanbul. The city, a huge metropolis divided into two continents by the Bosporus, is home to eleven million people and is one of the greatest business...

Some of the world’s most incredible swimming pools are in hotels and resorts. From the serene to the bizarre, here is a list 13 of my favorites from around the world.

I had a very exciting experience this weekend that I would recommend to anyone in the Madison, Wisconsin area: I visited the Mustard Museum. It’s largely a store full of any type of mustard you can possibly imagine (I bought apple mustard and...

Barack Obama last night ridiculed claims by a Hillary Clinton backer that he was ‘lucky’ to be black because it had put him ahead in the Democratic race for the White House. The Illinois senator’s second win in four days came after a...

Pakistan police were investigating Wednesday whether al-Qaeda was behind twin suicide attacks that killed 27 people, as the party of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto prepared to form the country’s new government, officials...

The agitating Gujjars this time seem to be determined to go ahead with their mahapadav (mass sit-in) slated to be held here March 10. Sankyut Gujjar Aarkshan Sangarsh Samiti (SGASS), an influential Gujjar organisation, told the state government that...

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday condemned the “unprecedented” and “premeditated” attack on the party’s national headquarters here by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Rashtriya...

It is good news for those fresh out of college or for those who are keen for a job change, as a leading HR consultancy firm has predicted one million new jobs in India this year. Ma Foi Employment Trends Survey (METS), conducted by Ma Foi, one of...

Scoring twice in the first-half, Britain ended India’s Olympic dreams (Watch) with a 2-0 win in the final of the World Hockey qualifying tournament at Santiago. Barry Middleton (4th minute) and Richard Mantell (10th) struck for Britain who then...