The Middle East has triumphantly emerged as the most economical region for petrochemicals production due to the advantage of cheaper feedstock, a new report by business intelligence expert GlobalData has found. The new report* found that the Middle East has witnessed a significant increase in joint ventures during the last five years due to its [...]
PHILADELPHIA – A Maryland teenager accused of helping a terror cell based in Ireland will plead guilty to a U.S. terrorism charge, according to court papers filed Monday. Mohammad Hassan Khalid became a rare juvenile suspect held in FBI custody after his arrest last summer, when he was a 17-year-old high school student in Ellicott [...]
INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Chuck Moseley, D-Portage, persuaded the Indiana House on Monday to add a POW/MIA flag to the U.S. and state flags on display in the chamber. The two-term lawmaker said more than 83,000 Americans are classified as prisoners of war or missing in action. “This will remind us each and every day that [...]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Newt Gingrich has called for an end to “children’s hour” when it comes to the country’s security and says that Beltway policy makers are missing the point when it comes to Syria. “We don’t need to mess around tactically having a debate over Syria,” Gingrich said while campaigning in Tennessee. “We [...]
Writer, director and East Asia expert Lee Feigon will present “Mao and the Image of China, Past and Present” at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Ambrose University’s Rogalski Center, Ripley and Lombard streets, Davenport. The lecture is part of the university’s yearlong series, “China Project: The Awakening Dragon.” Feigon will be on campus for a [...]
For two families – one from Cape Coral and the other from across the Atlantic – a student exchange program 40 years ago has led to some lifetime memories, and lifelong friendships. Last week, Martine Lekaene from Huy, Belgium, came back to Cape Coral to visit Paul Sanborn and his family. In July 1971, Martine, [...]
The Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) announced it has named Lacawac Sanctuary as an international environmental studies site and inducted it into the worldwide GLEON network. The Wayne County nature preserve, National Natural Landmark and biological field study station joins only a handful of other centers worldwide where instrumentation and research opportunities allow environmental [...]
It was a time of optimism, of departure. Seafarers discovered new continents, Copernicus discovered that the planets circled around the sun, and a renegade monk by the name of Martin Luther rebelled openly against the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Flanders on March 5, 1512, Gheert Kramer could not anticipate that he would one day [...]
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n Army National Guard 1st Lt. Craig R. Transue has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Transue, a communications counterinsurgency specialist with the 26th Signal Company, Hudson, has served 12 years in the military. He is a resident of Pratt [...]