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Poets have a close relationship to this tender season.
By Annie Finch

Spring, like poetry, makes us humble. Poets have a perennially close relationship with this cruel and tender season, a time for celebration and renewal and a reminder of our powerlessness over creation. Robert Graves is said to have remarked that there are only three themes for poetry—love, death, and the changing of the seasons—and the poetry of spring treats them all, with inspiration to spare. A tour of some of this season's best poems... Читать дальше...

The exemption to women will continue in the second phase of the odd-even scheme, with the government saying it doesn't want to compromise on their safety

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More than two centuries after some 5,000 African-American men put their lives on the line in the Revolutionary War, there is little historical information on many of these veterans who gained their emancipation from slavery through military service.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking Wednesday during a campaign swing through Pennsylvania, said the Panama Papers show one part of a larger problem, in which the ultra-wealthy avoid paying billions in taxes every year. Her comments came the day after her Democratic presidential challenger, Vermont Sen.

An already nasty Senate race became even nastier Wednesday as U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy said fellow Democratic congressman Alan Grayson is a liar and lawbreaker who shouldn't be serving the public. … Click to Continue »

Pakistan on Wednesday night said India had not produced witnesses belonging to the security forces before its Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on the Pathankot terror attack.

While the focus of the Republican presidential campaign shifts eastward to the New York primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is pivoting west, where he is quietly trying to chip away at Donald Trump's lead in the race for convention delegates. … Click to Continue »

A man wanted by Idaho authorities in an attack that left a church pastor seriously wounded will be extradited from Washington, D.C., where he was arrested after allegedly throwing items over the White House fence. … Click to Continue »

A study by IIT Delhi reveals that vehicle speeds had increased 11am onwards during the first phase of the odd-even scheme.The maximum increase recorded was 9%.

Christopher A. Preble

Security, Middle East

Historian Andrew Bacevich surveys the history of U.S. involvement in the region and comes to a sobering conclusion: it isn’t working.

ISIS continues to hold vast swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria. A civil war rages in Yemen. Turks fight Kurds. A new UN-sponsored unity government struggles to assert its authority in Libya. A military dictatorship controls Egypt. Refugees fleeing chaos in Syria are flooding into Europe, and beyond. Читать дальше...

April 5, 1926 — April 4, 2016

By Thom Gruhler, Corporate Vice President Apps and Services, Microsoft Corporation

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By Thom Gruhler, Corporate Vice President Apps and Services, Microsoft Corporation

We’ve been hearing it for months - 2016 is going to be the year of VR. And with the release of three consumer headsets in the first half of the year, they just might be right. Certainly this will be the year that VR begins to break into the mainstream and starts to become a fixture in people’s homes. And that’s a very exciting thing for consumers and marketers alike. But while VR is just now gearing up for it’s big moment... Читать дальше...

The Democratic Alliance has welcomed the announcement on Wednesday by President Jacob Zuma that the local government elections will be held on August 3‚ saying it is ready.

Members of a foundation building a memorial stature of slain Navy sniper Chris Kyle say they pushed back a planned unveiling of the project from May to July to accommodate changes to the work guided by input from the Odessa native’s surviving family members.

South Carolina District 25 State Sen. Shane Massey has been elected the House Majority Leader.

Companies with big returns on equity might be the best bet, according to analysts at Jefferies.

CHARLESTON, South Carolina - Madison Keys lost her opening match to Laura Siegemund of Germany 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday at the Volvo Car Open.

The Season 4 premiere of "Orange Is the New Black" is just around the corner and actress Selenis Leyva (aka Gloria Mendoza) spilled all the juicy details to The Huffington Post. 

Body art.

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This Miro arm art.

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A couple's perfect Picasso ankle drawings.

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Klimt's The Kiss forever immortalized.

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However in men's singles, Rio Olympics hopefuls H S Prannoy and K Srikanth failed to cross the opening hurdle.

GENEVA - FIFA President Gianni Infantino says that UEFA behaved "properly" in its handling of a contract with an offshore marketing agency implicated in the FIFA bribery scandal, adding that "everything should come to light" in the matter.

It could have been a disaster: an exploitative ratings grab, a glorified Lifetime movie full of stunt casting, a wallow in a scandalous murder that might have filled tabloid columns two decades ago but had little impact on the world today. But for those who put aside those preconceived notions and tuned in, “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” the 10-part miniseries recreation of the trial of football and movie star O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman, was a triumphant... Читать дальше...