http://www.world-events.info Blog about world events Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:23:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/2011-world-events-in-review http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/2011-world-events-in-review#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:23:10 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 Like us on Facebook Nonetheless, the former president of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country (he is now believed to be living in exile in Saudi Arabia) and many of his former ministers and relatives are under arrest. A moderate Islamist party called Ennahda recently won a free election — a party [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/2011-world-events-in-review/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/2011-the-bad-events-mostly-that-made-our-top-10-las-vegas-review http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/2011-the-bad-events-mostly-that-made-our-top-10-las-vegas-review#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:49:02 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 There is exactly one “good news” story on the Review-Journal’s list of the Top 10 news stories of 2011. And it’s about shoes. Can we all sigh together now? Sigh. You could almost sum up the whole darn thing with two words: death and taxes. Also, you should probably add politics. Sigh. It gets no [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/2011-the-bad-events-mostly-that-made-our-top-10-las-vegas-review/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/harsh-political-reality-slows-climate-studies-despite-extreme-year http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/harsh-political-reality-slows-climate-studies-despite-extreme-year#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:45:53 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 Scientists say they could, in theory, do a much better job of answering the question “Did global warming have anything to do with it?” after extreme weather events like the drought in Texas and the floods in New England. But for many reasons, efforts to put out prompt reports on the causes of extreme weather [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/harsh-political-reality-slows-climate-studies-despite-extreme-year/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/local-upcoming-events http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/local-upcoming-events#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:20:45 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 <!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> BASKETBALL » The Two Rivers Girls Basketball Association, Inc., is set to host its annual Two Rivers Raider Rumble Tournament, with the seventh and eighth grade tournaments being held on March 3 and 4 and the fifth and sixth grade tournaments on March 10 and 11. The first eight teams to [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/local-upcoming-events/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/top-stories-of-2011-new-businesses-events-helping-revitalize-downtown http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/top-stories-of-2011-new-businesses-events-helping-revitalize-downtown#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:47:37 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 The transformation and revitalization of downtown Lufkin was an ongoing story throughout 2011. Because of new businesses moving into downtown and events such as Lufkin’s Bistro, hosted by the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Main Street Lufkin Lighted Christmas Parade, Main Street Lufkin Director Barbara Thompson said downtown is becoming a destination for [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/top-stories-of-2011-new-businesses-events-helping-revitalize-downtown/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/upcoming-youth-events http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/upcoming-youth-events#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:36:30 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 Listings are subject to change, so call ahead if traveling a long distance. All telephone numbers are area code 920 unless noted. To submit an event, write to Youth Events Calendar, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Sports, P.O. Box 23430, Green Bay, WI 54305-3430; fax to (920) 431-8379; or email sports@greenbaypressgazette.com. Include your event’s day and date, [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/upcoming-youth-events/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/key-events-in-the-life-of-north-koreas-kim http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/key-events-in-the-life-of-north-koreas-kim#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:27:56 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 (AP) – 3 days ago  Key dates in the history of North Korea and its late leader Kim Jong Il: — April 15, 1912: North Korean founder Kim Il Sung is born in Pyongyang. — Feb. 16, 1942: Kim Jong Il is born in a guerrilla fighters’ camp on Mount Paektu, the highest peak on [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/key-events-in-the-life-of-north-koreas-kim/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/more-christmas-events-in-store-for-this-week http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/more-christmas-events-in-store-for-this-week#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 16:02:46 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 December 20, 2011 More Christmas events in store for this week From staff reports North Jefferson News The North Jefferson News Tue Dec 20, 2011, 03:15 PM CST Christmas is only days away, and there is no lack of events on the calendar to help north Jefferson residents celebrate the holiday. Churches in particular have [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/more-christmas-events-in-store-for-this-week/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/ohio-state-a-chronology-of-events-in-scandal http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/ohio-state-a-chronology-of-events-in-scandal#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:46:36 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A timeline of Ohio State’s NCAA problems in football: — - April 2, 2010, 2:32 p.m.: Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel receives an email from Columbus attorney Christopher T. Cicero, the first of 12 they exchange. Cicero, a former Ohio State walk-on player in the 1980s, says he has been [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/ohio-state-a-chronology-of-events-in-scandal/feed 0 http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/great-food-makes-the-event-and-the-cuisine-at-the-gaithersburg-marriott http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/great-food-makes-the-event-and-the-cuisine-at-the-gaithersburg-marriott#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:22:28 +0000 admin http://www.world-events.info/?p=0 GAITHERSBURG, MD, Dec 21, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) – One of the key ingredients that can make or break a business or social function is the food, and when you host your event at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, the last thing you need to worry about is what’s on the menu! This Montgomery County, [...]]]> http://www.world-events.info/events/events-news/great-food-makes-the-event-and-the-cuisine-at-the-gaithersburg-marriott/feed 0