At opposite ends of Africa's Sahel, Sudan and Mauritania hold the distinction of being two nations where the practice of slavery remains intact at the dawn of the 21st century...

October 17, 2006 Posted to the web October 17, 2006 A feature by French TV Channel 5 has made the Mauritian authorities suspicious. A raid in the Freeport has led to the arrest of two suspected traffickers and the seizure of drugs...

And now for your very favorite blog item of the week . . . CHART ROUND-UP! As per usual, things have fallen off a bit in the week after the retail bonanza that was the Xmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa push. Nonetheless, albums were, in fact, sold...

BT, launched its IPTV product Vision today and said it expects to sign up between two and three million users...

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WANT MORE PI? Go to Luke Anderson's website, www.teachingpi.org See Randy Salas' Web Search column on E2. W hen Luke Anderson of St...

I was first introduced to progressive rock when I started listening to night radio programs, in Cadiz (the Southern Spanish city where I was born and lived during my first 18 years): those programs were specially focused on revisiting good old rock form...