This week in history: April 29-May 5

The end of competition is the beginning of tyranny Comments | Print friendly | Subscribe | Email Us The American Dream does not actually require a red, white and blue flag or a dream. What it requires is a willingness to accept messiness. Messiness ...

Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the last Russian Tsar, was already smoking at the age of 15, encouraged by her proud father Nicholas II. The anecdote about the Grand Duchess, a key figure in the conspiracy theories that followed the ...

We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here's why. Shane Bauer was one of the three American hikers imprisoned in Iran after being apprehended on the Iraqi border in ...

Marriott And Hilton Add New Destinations In Russia As part of its plan to grow its portfolio in Russia and the CIS by 50% by 2015, Marriott International is to make its debut in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. The group has signed a management ...

Washington Ensemble Theatre presents Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys by Caroline V. McGraw, directed in its World Premiere by Jane Nichols, running May 31 - June 24, 2013. Brandy is the city's most sought-after birthday party clown, and she's never let ...

Moscow's Red Square (Krasnaya Ploshchad) is known for its politicalsymbolism, but was actually named for its loveliness: Krasnaya, or red, meant beautiful in old Russian. The plaza has drawn crowds since it was a 1400s shantytown. Russians know ...

Various events to celebrate the Day of Spring and Labor a Russian public holiday have been held in over 1,000 towns and cities across the country. In Moscow, around 90,000 people took part in a demonstration organized by the ruling United Russia ...

COMRADE P Sundarayya's contributions to India's freedom struggle, to the founding and building of the Communist Party and the revolutionary movement in India and his contributions in the process of the evolution of the post-independent secular, ...

What happens when the squares of Seville meet the streets of New York? Find out tonight, April 26 when Carmen's Place (A Fantasy) opens at the Castillo Theatre on 42nd Street, running until June 16. Featuring some of opera's best-loved music as well ...