PARIS- An original signed copy of Charles Baudelaire's brooding romantic poems "Les Fleurs de Mal" sold for a record 775,000 euros at an auction in Paris on Tuesday. The 1857 edition went on sale...

WASHINGTON - It only takes one individual in a group to begin to feel lonely for the feeling to spread to others, a US study said Tuesday. After tracking over 5,100 people and their social...

PARIS, November 30, 2009 (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who has lent her star power to the global campaign against AIDS, called Monday for greater efforts to beat mother-to-child HIV...

LOS ANGELES - The "Twilight" vampire romance sequel "New Moon" eclipsed the competition at the North American box office for a second week, final figures showed Monday. The second big-screen...

LONDON - One of Britain's most powerful Muslim women was pelted with eggs Monday by a group of men who accused her of not being a proper Muslim and of supporting the deaths of Muslims in...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double over the next 25 years, rising from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034, according to a study by the University of...

MECCA, Adel Zaanoun - Stoning the devil and circling the Mecca Grand Mosque's kaaba shrine, two million pilgrims began the final rituals of the hajj on Saturday ahead of a massive exodus from...

VIENNA - The International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday announced an agreement to help African nations battle the tsetse fly, the main carrier of parasites that causes sleeping sickness with its...

DUBAI- The UAE will not extradite a former Syrian spy accused of misleading a UN probe into the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, Gulf News reported on Friday, citing an official...