October

October 9, 2007

Gorbachev: New leaders must emerge

Dallas: Former Soviet president urges U.S. cooperation in world.      Mikhail Gorbachev, the former president of the Soviet Union, delivered sobering views of the world's future during a lecture Monday evening in Dallas.

October 9, 2007

Gorbachev: World Should Embrace Globalization

Countries throughout the world should embrace globalization and explore new ideas on how to overcome challenges including security, poverty and environmental damage, Mikhail Gorbachev told more than 1,000 people at the University of Texas-Pan...

October 8, 2007

US Finally Taking Warming Seriously – Gorbachev

Much time has been lost in the fight to stop global warming, but the United States, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has finally begun to take the problem seriously, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Friday.

October 8, 2007

Gorbachev speaks at Ransom Everglades

To students at Ransom Everglades, Mikhail Gorbachev was a man whose presence was previously confined to history books.      Tuesday, he became real after the former leader of the Soviet Union spoke to more than 500 Ransom...

October 6, 2007

Gorbachev vows revolution if levees don''t improve

Mikhail Gorbachev drew loud cheers in New Orleans Friday when he promised to lead a local revolution if the Army Corps of Engineers doesn't keep its promise to improve levees by 2011.      «We will be coming back»...

October 4, 2007

Gorbachev calls for new global thinking in Louisville

Recalling the cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union to end the Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said in Louisville on Wednesday that many of those lessons have been cast aside for a «victory complex»...

October 3, 2007

U.S. ''''victory complex'''' is costly, Gorbachev says

Attitude hinders more peaceful world, he adds      Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said last night that the United States developed a «victory complex» after the Cold War that has proved costly to the...