During my 2010 holiday in Turkey, I brought only one book to read ― George Friedman’s “The Next 100 Years.” Friedman is an American political scientist and founder of the private intelligence company Stratfor. I first came across him through browsing in the Internet and found his analysis of political events uniquely penetrating and bold. For someone to forecast the next century showed an audacity

NEW YORK (AP) ― A sea of cameras captured a rumpled, handcuffed, angry-looking Dominique Strauss-Kahn as plainclothes detectives took the International Monetary Fund head from a police precinct to court. The images weren’t unusual for a high-profile criminal case in the U.S., but in his French homeland, they’d be illegal.While American authorities have condoned such “perp walks” (short for perpetr

NEW YORK (AP) ― Guards at New York City’s massive Rikers Island jail complex are taking unusual precautions to make sure IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn doesn’t come to any harm behind bars.The 62-year-old banker and diplomat has a whole jail wing to himself, a medical device to make sure he doesn’t stop breathing during the night and guards checking him 24 hours a day to make sure he doesn’t kil

Seventy years after his death, Indian Poet Rabindranath Tagore will stand proud in a country he never visited ― one he had described as the “The Lamp of the East.”Years before Korea was freed from Japanese colonial rule, Tagore, a literary genius and champion of human freedom and dignity, prophesied the future of the Peninsula.In 1929, Tagore predicted in his famous poem “The Lamp of the East,” th

Maroon 5 says members have yoga session just before going on stageU.S. rock band Maroon 5 is coming to Korea again, three years after being blown away by more than 10,000 Korean fans singing along at their first concert in Seoul in 2008.Led by Adam Levine on lead vocal and rhythm guitar, the five-member group will hold two concerts in Korea ― on May 25 at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium in Seo

LARCHMONT, New York (AP) ― Few things are prettier in a night garden than soft pools of light illuminating interesting trees, accent rocks, plants or pathways.Whether on a small terrace or in a sweeping landscape, lighting creates a welcoming and often dramatic atmosphere.But in some cases, buried-wire electric lighting can be costly and impracticable. The answer might be solar lighting.The techno

June ought to be called the freshest month. College graduates move into their lives, newlyweds set up house, and a new crop of cooks hits the kitchen.New York food writer Brooke Parkhurst has been there. When she graduated from Davidson College in 2002, she moved to New York for a career in TV journalism. Instead, she became a novelist with “Belle in the Big Apple,” and married a chef, James Brisc

Weddings put on hold as salons close earlyTUNIS (AFP) ― A flash blow wave but no time for a wash, a quick eyebrow shaping, rushed facials or a hurried massage: anxious women dart in and out of Tunis’ beauty salons before the nightly curfew descends.Used to staying open until 10 pm or 11 pm to doll up clients for parties or late-night weddings, the salons now empty out early as everyone rushes to g