Published on May,24 2012 - by Reuters
...an business and legal expert. The congress will also co-opt the first woman, Lydia Nsereka, in FIFA's 108-year history to the executive committee. She is the Burundi FA President, a member of the International Olympic Co...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...e for Labour if Ed Miliband, the Labour Party leader, offered a referendum on Europe (Letters, May 23). Sadly, history shows that the politicians in all main parties have failed to honour a promise on this issue. Would M...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...plores the Royals’ importance in our culture today. But I’m also interested in uncovering the human and social history behind this powerful architecture. I first went there with my dad (the BBC television journalist Pete...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...eist organisation “ The School of Night ”, centred on Sir Walter Raleigh. As Marlowe recounts this alternative history characters are conjured with wit and panache, from “a bear of an earl” to aristocrat Arabella Stuart,...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
... accordingly something splendidly defiant about the very idea of staging Top Hat at this point in the nation’s history. It is an unashamed celebration of classiness. The work has patented morale-boosting properties, too,...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Los Angeles Times
...mance at the league level. "I'd never fool with anything, because I have so much respect for the tradition and history of the game, but it's amazing," Gretzky said. "You look at changing the coach of the year award and p...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...r. But on Wednesday Gary Connery, 42, completed his most audacious feat yet when he became the first person in history to jump out of a helicopter without a parachute from half a mile up in the air and land on a huge pil...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Bloomberg
...16 percent under its $38 IPO price after paring some losses yesterday. Facebook, the biggest technology IPO in history, turned into a quagmire of blame. Buyers of the stock sued the company, Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. and the...
Published on May,24 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...rved skull to bring to life the face of French King Charles VII's lover Agnes Sorel, the first woman in French history to hold the title of official mistress.She died at the age of 28 in 1450. But her death mask belied t...
Published on May,24 2012 - by The Los Angeles Times
...nd appreciated," Waters said. In a career spanning more than four decades, Brookins had a knack for witnessing history _ or as he once told a Los Angeles Times interviewer: "I've seen it all. And I've been a part of 80 p...