2009-01-06 13:16:00

Eradicating the 'Little Satan'Wall Street Journal - Jan 4, 2009Islamic leaders and even Islamic clerics accepted and even enshrined the medieval status quo, according to which hegemony would be divided between Islam in ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

AFPVilnius, a 2009 European capital of cultureAFP - Jan 3, 2009"This puts us back on the European cultural map," says Elona Bajoriniene, events coordinator for the city's special year. A member of the European Union ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Boston GlobeThe year in mapsBoston Globe, United States - Dec 27, 2008Today, it's easy to feel superior to a society that thought Europe and Africa looked like matching slices of pizza, but we shouldn't. That medieval map said ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Visiting four of Europe's smallest gemsSan Francisco Chronicle,  USA - Dec 26, 2008If you can identify the five smallest countries in continental Europe, you get a gold star. If you know where they are on the map, you should be on ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Kosovo's Moderate MuslimsWall Street Journal - Dec 29, 2008"Then we looked at a map and woke up. Israelis have a population of six million, their backs to the sea, and 300 million Arab enemies. ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Defining nature of a peopleThe Australian, Australia - Dec 25, 2008There is nothing like the sense of the individual that arose in Europe in antiquity, subsided in the Middle Ages and was reawakened in the Renaissance, ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Geneva will put a smile on your faceeTaiwan News, Taiwan - Dec 20, 2008Mont Blanc, at nearly 16000 feet the highest mountain in western Europe, is physically in France, yet is shared by France, Switzerland and Italy. ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

A spiritual journey through Eastern EuropeToronto Star,  Canada - Dec 19, 2008Tourists, including infamous British stag parties, roam the old town which features Europe's largest medieval square and the famous Wawel Castle, ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Tour of Spain and Portugal leaves visitor steeped in old and newCape Cod Times, MA - Dec 27, 2008On the map of Europe, the natural boundaries of the Iberian Peninsula make Spain and Portugal seem to be — or look like they should be — one country. ....

2009-01-06 13:16:00

Development overtaking Montenegro's charmVentura County Star, CA - Dec 21, 2008Another worthwhile excursion is to Boka Kotorska, the largest T-shaped bay on the Adriatic, with the town of Kotor, whose stone-covered plazas and medieval ....