DAMASCUS, Roueida Mabardi - A Syrian soap opera that tackles such taboos as homosexuality, corruption and extra-marital sex in the predominantly conservative Muslim country is proving hugely popular...
VENICE, Gina Doggett - With a clientele that includes crowned heads, Archimede Seguso Vetreria, a stalwart of Murano's storied glassmakers, has no need to change its formula for success.
"We buck...
DUBLIN, Andrew Bushe- Angry protestors hurled plastic bottles and flip-flops at former British prime minister Tony Blair as he arrived at the first public signing of his memoirs in the Irish capital...
First they came for the communists,
and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists,
and I did not speak out--
because I was not a...
BEIRUT, Mohamad Ali Harissi- "A more beautiful Ramadan," promises an advertisement for one Beirut clinic offering discounts to image-conscious Lebanese during the Muslim holy month of dawn-to-dusk...
LONDON- God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the Universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen Hawking said in extracts published Thursday from...
CAIRO- A former director of the Cairo museum from which a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece was stolen wrote an article in 2007 saying the museum's surveillance cameras were defunct, the official MENA...
NEW YORK- Hollywood star Michael Douglas has admitted his throat cancer is more serious than first thought, but says he remains optimistic as he undergoes intensive treatment.
"It's a stage four,...
VENICE, Gildas Le Roux - US filmmaker Stanley Kubrick cut his teeth as a photographer, hired by Look magazine when he was 17, and his keen eye is evident in images shown for the first time at an...
VENICE, Gina Doggett- Natalie Portman and jury head Quentin Tarantino shared the red carpet Wednesday as the prestigious Venice film festival kicked off with the screening of Darren Aronofsky's...
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