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Facebook, Politics, Dissent & Social Networking - 12/20/2008

As Ramadan gets under way Muslims are turning to faith, family, and Facebook.com, a Web-based social networking site that hosts groups, like Are You Ready for Ramadan?, devoted to the celebration...

Iraqi shoe-thrower's family asks for his release - 12/20/2008

BAGHDAD - Ahmad al-Rubaye - The family of the Iraqi journalist arrested for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush gathered on Friday in central Baghdad to ask for his immediate release,...

New York poetry brothel tempts with verse - 12/20/2008

NEW YORK= Don Emmert - The prostitute whispers, wets her lips and prepares to bare... her heart with a poem. Welcome to New York's Poetry Brothel, where punters delve between the lines, not the...

Belgian king mulls formal government resignation - 12/19/2008

BRUSSELS - Dirk Waem- Belgium's King Albert II ushered in Friday a new period of political uncertainty, deferring a decision on whether to allow the government to resign over a legal scandal linked...

Elvis lovers sing Christmas duets with 'The King' - 12/19/2008

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Sony BMG is using the magic of the digital age to let Elvis Presley lovers sing Christmas duets with their departed idol and send the songs in electronic holiday greeting cards....

Tension surges in Gaza as truce ends - 12/19/2008

GAZA CITY- Mohammed Abed- Tension surged in and around Gaza on Friday as the Islamist rulers of the besieged Palestinian enclave declared an end to the troubled truce with Israel and warned they...

ِAfter Hillary Clinton...Caroline Kennedy wants Senate seat, - 12/15/2008

( Caroline Kennedy, the 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy, has made it clear to high-level Democrats that she wants to be the next senator from New York, a source close to Kennedy...

arab world rally for Bush shoe attacker - 12/15/2008

Thousands of Iraqis have demanded the release of a local TV reporter who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush at a Baghdad news conference. Crowds gathered in Baghdad's Sadr City...

Alexandra Has The X Factor - 12/14/2008

After weeks of tears, tantrums, shock decisions and celebrity guests, the X Factor 2008 is over. Alexandra Burke, mentored by Cheryl Cole, is this year's winner. She had been installed as the...

Hamas says Carter to meet its leader on Sunday - 12/13/2008

DAMASCUS-SANA - AFP- Former US president Jimmy Carter will on Sunday meet a delegation from Hamas including Khaled Meshaal, the Palestinian Islamist group's exiled political leader, a Hamas...
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