Brazil is to distribute 59 million free condoms during its famous Carnival later this month to combat the spread of AIDS, Health Minister Jose Temporao said Friday. The number of prophylactics --...

RIYADH (AFP) - It is the eve of Valentine's Day in Saudi Arabia -- and as usual the florists are hiding away their red roses. Toy stores have cuddly red teddy bears and candy merchants have...

JERUSALEM =Patrick Moser - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and hawkish ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu were locked in a battle for power on Wednesday after a photo-finish election that could send...

NEW YORK (AFP) - First Lady Michelle Obama is to feature on the cover of the March edition of US Vogue wearing a sleeveless magenta dress as she reclines on a sofa. The glossy's website,...

Australia -William West - At least 93 people were killed and entire towns razed in the worst wildfire disaster in Australian history, described by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Sunday as "hell in all...

OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) - French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is in Burkina Faso on her first trip as a goodwill ambassador for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bruni, who arrived...

JUKKASJAERVI, Sweden (AFP) - Shivering more from excitement than cold, a bride clad in white silk and fur all but melts into the snowy background as she and her groom become one of around 150 couples...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Compete.com has crowned Facebook the most popular social networking website, saying it racked-up nearly 1.2 billion visits in January. The Internet-tracking firm released...

PARIS (AFP) - A fast-track genetic change that occurred in the common ancestor of apes and humans some 10 million years ago may have helped spur the evolutionary split between the primate cousins,...