What's going on outside the US right now?
Post your favorite links or news stories about countries that are NOT the US.
There really is a world out there and they don't give a damn about our political and economic woes--they have their own.
This is a good action type site. Good topic, I think most American's forget there is a world outside of theirs. Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement to search for missing persons from the bitter eight-year war they fought in the 1980s, the Red Cross says. Side: Middle East
For decades the Berlin Wall was the physical symbol of the Cold War "Iron Curtain" between East and West. But since it was breached in 1989, one remaining part of the wall has taken on a new role, as a 1.3km art gallery. Age and graffiti have taken their toll on the art, however, and a 2.2m euro project is now under way to restore it. Side: Europe
More than half of China's toy exporters have been forced out of business this year, according to official figures. China is the world's largest exporter of toys but officials say the industry is experiencing its most difficult time in decades. Side: Asia
Two Vietnamese journalists who helped expose state corruption have gone on trial, in a case that has put Vietnam's media freedoms under scrutiny. The two reporters, from the well-known newspapers Tuoi Tre and Thanh Nien, are accused of "abusing freedom and democratic rights". They allegedly fabricated unspecified "sensitive information" while covering a high-profile corruption case. Side: Asia
Royal Dutch Shell has appealed a Nigerian court order requiring it hand over the site of a key base in the oil-rich but impoverished Niger Delta. A high court in Rivers State ruled in July that the site of the Bonny lifting terminal belonged to the local community, not the oil multinational. Local residents accused Shell of getting the certificate of ownership from the state government illegally. But a BBC correspondent in Nigeria says the order is unlikely to be enforced. Side: Africa
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