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In Thailand, there’s an elephant in the tourism boom

11/06/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The 2014 King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament is one of the major events on Thailand’s social calendar. A charity auction, gala dinner and other events raise funds to provide care for the Kingdom’s elephant population. (King’s Cup Elelphant Polo) The…

Iran’s ‘Happy’ dancers sentenced to 91 lashes, jail

09/18/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Iran’s latest crackdown on freedom includes lashes and prison for seven young adults who posted a video of themselves dancing to the American pop hit “Happy” and a death sentence for a blogger accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad. The seven…

The way of serenity: Saying yes to sacred encounters

09/14/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
He was so right, and I wish I could go back in time to tell him how wrong I was. It was a bitter cold night in Harlem when I met this gentleman, a man whose name I am embarrassed…

‘LeAnn and Eddie’ Recap: LeAnn Rimes worried window for having kids is closing

08/22/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
LeAnn Rimes’ mother is itching to have a granddaughter. “You’re 31 years old–and you don’t want to wait too (long) to get started,” Belinda chided her daughter in the sixth episode of LeAnn’s “semi-scripted” VH1 reality show, “LeAnn and Eddie.”…

Ukraine Set To Receive Humanitarian Aid From Russia, But To What End?

08/12/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Earlier today, Russia dispatched 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine. Television images showed a long line of tractor-trailers stretched along a road. A Russian Orthodox priest was shown sprinkling the trucks with holy water before their departure. And…

Amazon chases Indian dollars, but faces big challenges

08/07/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
(REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader) India is the El Dorado for many U.S. companies. With an English-speaking middle class of around 260 million people which is expected to grow to 600 million by 2030, it’s no real surprise that American tech giants like…

Ukrainians Go To The Polls Tomorrow

05/24/2014 Published on Forbes.com
As Ukrainians go to the polls to elect their president tomorrow the result is not in much doubt: chocolatier and oligarch Petro Poroshenko will almost certainly be the next president of Ukraine. But what is in much graver doubt is…

Putin Is Undermining Ukraine’s Democracy — And Obama Is Letting Him

05/08/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Vladimir Putin’s disdain for democracy is no secret. He has quashed dissent at home, and the passage on Tuesday of a new “Blogger Law” is only the latest move by the Kremlin to control media and police the internet. As…

Ukrainian Military Fights Back Against Russian Aggression

04/15/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It’s not just one sided anymore. Today, the Ukrainian military stormed an airport 25 miles north of Slovyansk, beginning what the interim Ukrainian president, Oleksandr Turchynov, called a military operation to confront pro-Russian militants in the eastern part of the…

Protecting American Intellectual Property

03/21/2014 Published on Forbes.com
While the American public’s and the media’s attention has been focused on the seemingly endless cycle of political dramas that unfold every day – What has Russian President Vladimir Put got in store for Ukraine? How many people have signed…