Foreign News Notes, Sep. 1, 1924
The Bolsheviki may change mates as often as they desire under the new divorce law. Under a recent decree they may change any or all of their names by the simple process of notifying the Registrar of the Commune. The only change that the Bolshevik authorities will not tolerate is a change of Government.
In Turkestan and Bokhara, the waters of the River Amu-Oxus were in such a hurry to get to the Aral Sea that they leapt the banks, flooded the country, submerged more than 2,000 villages, caused much loss of life.
Most Popular »
- Sex, Please, We're British: London's Erotica Expo
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Toilets
- Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Is This the End of the Line for Saab?
- Talking with the Taliban: Easier Said Than Done
- Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown?
- East Antarctica, Long Stable, Is Now Losing Ice
- Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy?
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- The Growing Backlash Against Overparenting
- Will Private Equity Be the Next Meltdown?
- Toilets
- Sex, Please, We're British: London's Erotica Expo
- Super-Crocodiles May Have Dined on Dinosaurs
- Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
- Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
- Troubling Rise of Facebook's Top Game Company
- The Dark Side of Darwin's Legacy
- The Fall of Greg Craig, Obama's Top Lawyer
Quotes of the Day »
PAULA DEEN, Food Network chef, who was hit in the face by a ham while volunteering at an Atlanta food drive







RSS