...to find news and events in your area Friends of Creche president Holly Zenger , left, and Debbi Beckstead , who holds a crèche from Amman , one of her favorites. White-robed angels fill the canvas of artist Brian Kershisnik's massive...

In this article: Mary, Saint Joseph, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Christianity, and Africa

The world's largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul 's Sabiha Gokcen Airport , is now complete and open for business. Stretching across more than 2 million square feet, the terminal doesn't sit...

In this article: Istanbul, E mail, Proofing, State University of New York at Buffalo, Arup, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Sabiha Gokcen Airport

...CST Glen Carbon 's Building and Development Committee lent its support Wednesday to a proposed revised boundary agreement with the city of Troy. Under consideration is an area of land lying between Maple Grove Road east of I-55, west to...

In this article: Troy and The Intelligencer

... McCain said. "It's an incredible music town. I used to sneak out of town when I was in high school to go see Love Tractor in Athens. Athens has that artist's soul. It has a sense of independence above all else, and that's inspiring. I was...

In this article: Edwin McCain, Athens, Drive-By Truckers, Love Tractor, I Could Not Ask for More, I'll Be, Pylon, Widespread Panic, Maia Sharp, and Vic Chesnutt

ANTIOCH - A man already arrested twice on suspicion of illegally possessing marijuana is in jail again after he was linked to a "significant" grow operation in East Contra Costa County , police said. Alexander Rendon , 29, of Oakley , was...

In this article: Antioch and Oakley

The writer was George Washington. The reform in question was the U.S. Constitution. And the powerful three-page letter he penned from Mount Vernon on Nov. 9 is set to go on the auction block next month at Christie's in New York. Asking...

In this article: Bushrod Washington, Constitution, George Washington, Mount Vernon, Asking price, Revolutionary War, and University of Wisconsin

...incident. The funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Church in Troy. Burial will be in Troy. Murphy was an imagery analyst assigned to the 2nd Intelligence Battalion , which is in charge of...

In this article: Troy, All rights reserved, Defense Department, Iraq, Immaculate Conception Church, and New Hampshire

...Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas , who will attend talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner later in the Jordanian capital, Amman. 'Personal nature' A Saudi government adviser told the AFP news agency Mr Sarkozy 's visit would...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Middle East, Riyadh, Mahmoud Abbas, France, Saudi Arabia, Bernard Kouchner, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel

...ran verbatim DEBKAfile's exclusive disclosure on Nov. 12 of an extraordinary secret summit of the intelligence chiefs of four nations in Amman earlier this month. The Iranian medium which broadcasts in English around the clock gave this...

In this article: Binyamin Netanyahu, Amman, Press TV, Meir Dagan, Mossad, Defense Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, and Nicolas Sarkozy

...a village, you are surrounded by the past. It is the richest area of Britain for prehistoric remains, from the vast grey stones of Stonehenge , to those at the more atmospheric Avebury , where you can actually wander among them. Hills are...

In this article: Wiltshire, Britain, Civil War, National Trust, Great Western Railway, Badminton, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Austen

...military and intelligence sources report. The US teams arrived shortly after they attended a four-nation intelligence summit in Amman earlier this month together with the heads of Israeli, Egyptian and Jordanian clandestine services (first...

In this article: Iran, US, Israel, Ali Larijani, Uranium, Dmitry Medvedev, Ehud Barak, and Tehran

... it agreed to acquire certain North American air-bag, seat-belt and steering-wheel assets from Delphi. Terms weren't disclosed. Delphi had said earlier this year that it planned to divest its occupant-protection-safety business in North...

In this article: Autoliv, Delphi, Bankruptcy, MarketWatch, Tel Aviv, Troy, Mich, North America, and Wall Street

* Autoliv to buy North American assets from Delphi * Assets include steering wheel, airbag and seatbelt units * Units being acquired seen having sales of $125 mln in 2010 (Adds detail, background) World number one seatbelt and...

In this article: Asset, Autoliv, Delphi, Bankruptcy, Delphi, General Motors, Mexico, and U.S.

Greek police became targets after last December's riots Thousands of police will be deployed in Athens during a demonstration to commemorate those who died during a student uprising 36 years ago. The annual march from the Greek...

In this article: Athens and Greece

A new invader has descended on Beirut : He is Grendizer. The iconic Grendizer of 1970s anime fame is the official poster boy (bot?) of the Beirut Animated film festival, which opens today as a collaboration between Beirut -based Samandal...

In this article: Beirut, Ralph Bakshi, Lebanon, YouTube, Los Angeles Times, Citizen Kane, and American Pop

</p><p>Sadem al-Saud, 20, died last Sunday, three weeks after he was put into a coma by a beating administered during an interrogation in an Amman police station. </p><p>Labib Kamhawi , a leading human rights activist, said Jordan has "always...

In this article: Jordan, CIA, Human Rights Watch, U.S., Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Amnesty International, and Amman

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...of a floodwall that will eventually provide flood protection for the downtown area. Bud Norris , the Mount Vernon mayor, announced Tuesday the city was awarded an $800,000 grant from a state program to help complete the funding of the...

In this article: Mount Vernon, God, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Skagit River, and Division Street Bridge