The diamond invention—the creation of the idea that diamonds are rare and valuable, and are essential signs of esteem—is a relatively recent development in the history of the diamond trade. Until the late nineteenth century, diamonds were found only in a few riverbeds in India and in the jungles of Brazil, and the...
EUGENE, Ore.-- It is the most heavily trafficked road in Oregon. And if you've driven down Interstate 5 in the last month, you can't miss the large graffiti promoting tea party candidate Ron Paul for the 2012 presidential elections.
The vandalism showed up in April. Oregon Department of Transportation white-washed over it early in May. But...
BEIRUT – The Syrian army shelled residential areas in the country's third-largest city Wednesday, killing at least one person in a sharp escalation in the government's attempts to crush a popular revolt against President Bashar Assad's autocratic rule, according to activists and witnesses.
