Germany (Group F) FIFA World Ranking: 2 Players to Watch: Juergen Klinsmann (F), Oliver Bierhoff (F), Juergen Kohler (D) Prospects: Germany showed that they are the class of European soccer with…
Asian Financial Crisis Trickles Down When Thailand's economy, once one of the strongest in Asia, collapsed under the weight of foreign debt in 1997, its downfall set off a chain reaction in the…
Travel+Leisure has compiled a list of the world's best cities, as voted by users worldwide. Florence and Rome are in the "Hall of Fame" for making the list ten years in a row. Rankings…
Iran (Group F) FIFA World Ranking: 42 Players to Watch: Khodadad Azizi (F), Ali Daei (F), Karim Bagheri (M) Prospects: Iran has shown flashes of soccer brilliance but has a long way to go to…
Imperial, territorial, and economic rivalries led to the “Great War” between the Central Powers and the Allies. About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded. These are key dates in the war…
The rankings below were published in the United Nation's 2011 Human Development Report and reflect the countries with the lowest human development.
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South Asia's Nuclear States Indian Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee shocked the world by testing a nuclear weapon in May. Indians burn President Clinton in effigy after he declared his opposition…
