Daily Archives: March 17, 2009

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AFP)–Unemployment in Slovenia increased in January, with the jobless rate rising to 7.8% from 7.0% the previous month, the Slovenian Statistics office said Tuesday.

Updated news from Balkans powered by www.seenews.com Monday 16 March 2009, by Emanuele G. – 0 letture

Trondheim, Norway – The annual late season 30/50km World Cup event was run yesterday in Trondheim. This race is traditionally held outside Oslo at the famed Holmenkollen Ski Stadium, but was moved due to construction in preparation for the 2011 … Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting article about the Communism Conference in London this weekend from The Socialist Worker by Alex Callinicos, “ Slavoj Zizek’s Ideas need to link with reality .” I’ve pasted the full text below. Callinicos raises some interesting questions … Continue reading →

Skiing Cuche earns title with third-place finish: Didier Cuche of Switzerland clinched the World Cup giant-slalom title Friday by finishing…

Winter 2004-05 Can you say a few words about your childhood? Where did you grow up, go to school? I was born in Ann Arbor in 1970. I grew up in Oklahoma, in Norman, which is where the university is, … Continue reading →

Spaghetti dinner: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 12, American Italian Cultural Society, 1918 Donmaur Drive, Crest Hill. Cost $7, $3.50 (in-house) for kids younger than 12. Carryouts available.

Gates of Vienna Somalia’s governing council has voted to institute Islamic law (sharia). There are also stories tonight about the effects of Islamic law in Afghanistan and Algeria. Despite the protests of Islam’s apologists, the Muslim world is becoming more … Continue reading →

The time when UNMIK is in charge of decision making is OVER. Now Kosova is independent and it has a government who is in charge of the sovereign country of Kosova.

Gates of Vienna Now even Donald Luskin is sounding apocalyptic. Normally he’s a cheerful, optimistic sort of fellow when it comes to capitalism and the American economy. But after watching the new administration’s ineffectual and damaging responses to the economic … Continue reading →