Society

Board games cafes offer web break in China - 02/21/2011

BEIJING, Fran Wang- Jia Han was a web junkie who used to while away entire days in Internet cafes, but the 21-year-old university student says he has now found a healthier and more social pastime --...

Toddlers know when the tally is right: study - 02/17/2011

PARIS- Parents keen on giving their child a jump on the competition can teach the rudiments of counting even before a toddler can talk, according to a study published Wednesday. Previous research...

Love and money fuels global Valentine Day ardour - 02/14/2011

BANGKOK- Love swept around the world Monday as the amorous mixed traditional chocolates and roses with new and more determined ways to demonstrate their ardour on Valentine's Day. Seven enchanted...

Malaysia arrests Indian activists over book ban - 02/14/2011

KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysian police arrested 65 members of an Indian rights group who want the government to drop a textbook from the school curriculum over a reference to the caste system, an activist...

Hamed bin Zayed inaugurates new campus of the University of Paris Sorbonne Abu Dhabi on Al Reem Island - 02/14/2011

Abu Dhabi - Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Chairmanof Abu Dhabi Education...

Women call time on Berlusconi in mass protests - 02/13/2011

ROME, Francoise Kadri- Hundreds of thousands of women took to Italy's streets Sunday in protest against Silvio Berlusconi, as a key rival launched a scathing attack at the start of a crucial week for...

UAE confirms man held on religion charges - 02/13/2011

ABU DHABI- The United Arab Emirates on Saturday confirmed the arrest earlier this month of an Emirati on charges of religious incitement, a detention denounced by local and international rights...

Astronaut's space tales aim to inspire - 02/12/2011

WASHINGTON, Kerry Sheridan- When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin thinks back on his 12-year career, he estimates he must have read to a half million children, sometimes in classrooms, sometimes via...

Swedish actress Lena Nyman dies at 66 - 02/05/2011

STOCKHOLM- Swedish actress Lena Nyman, who starred in Ingmar Bergman's 1978 film "Autumn Sonata", died Friday after a long illness, her agent told AFP. "She died early this morning. She was 66,"...

Dalai Lama urges probe into cash found at monastery - 01/31/2011

NEW DELHI- The Dalai Lama has called for a thorough probe into the discovery of almost a million dollars in foreign currency at the monastery of one of Tibet's most senior religious leaders....
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