CHRISTCHURCH- A state of emergency in New Zealand's earthquake-hit Christchurch has been extended for another week, officials said Wednesday after a shallow aftershock rocked the city.
"We've just...
RAMALLAH- The Palestinian Authority has arrested several Hamas members for organizing and carrying out two recent attacks on Israeli settlers, a senior official said on Tuesday.
The Palestinian...
PARIS- Men who wish to attract women on the disco floor would be better advised to learn a few moves that answer the female mating drive rather than bother with the moonwalk.
Psychologists have...
CAIRO- Mohamed ElBaradei, the former UN nuclear chief turned Egyptian reformer, has called for a boycott of upcoming elections and warned of civil disobedience if demands for political reform are not...
CAIRO- A prominent opposition journalist is to go on trial for allegedly libelling Egypt's foreign minister in a newspaper, a judicial source said on Sunday.
Hamdi Qandeel could face prison or a...
DUBAI- Two Yemeni journalists are being held incommunicado without charge more than 20 days after their arrest in Sanaa, a lawyer and rights activist said on Sunday.
Abdulelah Shaea, considered to...
CHRISTCHURCH, Greg Wood- The response among New Zealanders to the most devastating quake in decades has been "tremendous", with an "astonishing atmosphere of resilience" among affected communities,...
GAZA CITY- Israeli warplanes launched Saturday evening three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, wounding two people, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
Two raids targeted...
RAMALLAH- The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
The Iranian...
WASHINGTON- NASA said it is developing a car-sized satellite that by "no later than 2018" will plunge into the sun's outer atmosphere for an up-close study of its super-hot corona, solar wind and...
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