At a ceremonial opening to the talks at a luxury hotel in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday, the leaders of the rival delegations hugged, but the faltering start to the negotiations has dampened hopes for a swift end to the violence. The …

Hot on the heels of the overall real estate rebound, Marin's luxury home market is coming back, with sales up 38 percent in 2013 and upbeat predictions for 2014 from market experts. In 2012, according to Bay Area Real Estate Information Services, a …

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The feds sued to halt the union, claiming it would mean higher ticket prices for passengers, which raises the question: Where was the DOJ during the mergers of Delta and Northwest, United and Continental or Southwest and AirTran? In any event, the …

Beale PLC : Unblinkered vision ; Our weekly round-up of the latest in entertainment, games and gadgets. … Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel , who explored fractious family dynamics in their earlier films The Deep End and Bee Season, elicit …

According to Tomorrow Machine, this coating is created using a process called "Rapid Expansion of Supercritical Solutions" which involves dissolving wax in carbon dioxide at high temperatures and pressures. The firm is quiet about the exact science …

On last night's Discovery Channel episode of “Bering Sea Gold,” the episode is titled “Let the Games Begin.” The Christine Rose and Wild Ranger; are the only two old dredges returning this season, are Eroica, which was The Edge, purchased from Zeke by …

With his wedding scheduled to take place next month, 30-year-old Indian air-conditioning technician Jayaprakash Balureddy chose the first day of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) to buy a gold chain and diamond ring for his bride-to-be Loga Ambica.

The price of gold rose steadily throughout the first decade of the 21st century and peaked in 2011-12. At its highest price, gold cost nearly 45 euros per gram. Today's price is approximately 29 euros for an equivalent amount. Last year's price …