Topic: University of Paris (Sorbonne)

Difference Maker He loves maps and Vietnam. That may put him in the eye of a storm.

Thang Dinh Tran's passion for all things Vietnamese has combined with his passion for old maps, placing him at the center of a territorial dispute between Vietnam and China.

Scientists say they are within a boson's breadth of finding 'God particle' (+video)

Physicists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, say that they have very strong evidence for the existence of the Higgs boson, a particle that, if it exists, would help explain why matter has mass.

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For Europe, WikiLeaks offers cyberdrama with Julian Assange as main character

Many European analysts question the motives of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange. Is he at the vanguard of a new era of transparency or a misguided rebel whose radical doctrine will curtail expression?
12/03/2010 06:26 pm

Opinion What's happened to 'higher' education?

We've traded the foundations of elevated thought for the allure of scientific progress.
05/13/2009 01:00 am

In Algiers, residents chafe at mammoth redevelopment plan

Many say a post-civil war makeover of the city's waterfront ignores the needs of a struggling population.
05/01/2009 01:00 am

Despite fraud claims, Algeria's leader likely to be reelected today

President Bouteflika's quest for a third term is prompting concerns that he is poised to become North Africa's newest strongman.
04/09/2009 01:00 am