Denise Coll, a former general manager of the Seaport Hotel, and once COO for Seaport Companies in South Boston, has been named president of Hotel Group, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., North America.
The U.N. torture investigator said Tuesday that American officials are refusing him access to U.S.-run detention facilities in Iraq even though he has received credible reports that conditions there have improved.
Athletes from the home team - the Northwest Territories - took home the most medals, known as ulus, as the competition began Monday in the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife.
The U.N. investigator on torture said on Tuesday the United States had denied his request to visit U.S.-run jails in Iraq and insisted a visit could help clear its legacy of the prison abuse scandal in Abu Ghraib.
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By: David N. Vaughn, Gold Letter, Inc. Well, gold continues to hover around 1,000 an ounce. It won’t be long before it crashes the 1,000 dollar level. Our world is in a bigger mess than most folks care to acknowledge.
YELLOWKNIFE, N.W.T.–Deep cracking sounds accompany each loaded truck that passes along a road of ice across frozen lake water to supply Canada's diamond industry.