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New York fashion is not just a pretty Facebook - 09/14/2011

NEW YORK, Brigitte Dusseau- Front row seats by the catwalk may give the most bragging rights, but for watching New York Fashion Week this year, there's a more accessible, not to mention comfortable...

Women volunteers proudly do their bit for Libya revolution - 09/13/2011

TRIPOLI, Mohammad Ali Harisi- Bursting with revolutionary pride and armed with brooms and paintbrushes, every day a group of Libyan women from all walks of life meet at a Tripoli square before...

20 dead in Syria as Russia defends Assad - 09/13/2011

DAMASCUS- Security forces in Syria shot dead at least 17 people around the central city of Hama on Monday, a rights group said, as activists called for a day of protest against Russia for backing the...

Gunmen kill 22 bus passengers in west Iraq: police - 09/13/2011

"All the victims are men and their bloodied bodies were stretched out on the ground," he added. The incident took place about 300 kilometres (185 miles) west of Baghdad, in a sector under the...

Amnesty accuses Kadhafi regime, rebels of war crimes - 09/13/2011

GENEVA- Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Moamer Kadhafi's regime of crimes against humanity in Libya but also accused the NTC fighters who overthrew him of having committed war crimes....

Gore to launch climate 'reality' campaign - 09/13/2011

WASHINGTON- Former US vice president and environmental activist Al Gore is launching a new campaign this week to urge action against climate change with a day-long Internet broadcast from around the...

Al-Jazeera Egypt says hit by broadcasting ban - 09/12/2011

CAIRO- The satellite channel Al-Jazeera Egypt said on Sunday the authorities had prevented it from broadcasting, after entering its offices and confiscating transmission equipment. Ahmed Zain, the...

After 9/11 'winter', Arab Spring revives hope: NATO - 09/12/2011

BRUSSELS- NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Sunday commemorated the September 11 attacks on the United States, saying a "long winter" has turned into a "season of hope" with the...

A breath detector to find disaster victims - 09/12/2011

The sensors sniff out metabolites, the gassy by-products of breakdown mechanisms, which come from breathing, sweating and urinating. Dogs can be trained to detect these compounds, but are...

Egypt warns of harsh measures after Israel embassy attack - 09/11/2011

CAIRO, Mona Salem- Egypt warned Saturday of harsh measures to quell civil unrest after protesters stormed Israel's embassy, prompting the ambassador to flee, in the first such attack since the two...
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