Society

When women deny their own pregnancie - 08/02/2010

PARIS, Marlowe Hood- Whether the French woman who killed eight of her newborns suffered from a syndrome known as pregnancy denial may determine if she faces major prison time or intensive psychiatric...

Chelsea Clinton tying the knot in lavish, secretive wedding - 07/31/2010

RHINEBECK, Sebastian Smith- After an intensely secretive build-up, Chelsea Clinton and her Wall Street banker beau were tying the knot Saturday at a lavish bash outside the quaint town of Rhinebeck,...

Canada Christians outraged over communion for a dog - 07/28/2010

TORONTO- An Anglican priest is facing the wrath of some in Canada's Christian community after she offered holy communion to a man... and his dog. Marguerite Rea has apologized for the incident,...

Centuries-old bathhouse provides relief from Gaza turmoil - 07/27/2010

GAZA CITY, Joseph Krauss- In the steamy depths of a centuries-old bathhouse beneath Gaza's crowded streets, Murad Awad channels positive energy by prying toxins from tired flesh. The bathhouse,...

Police to question billionaire L'Oreal heiress - 07/25/2010

PARIS- Police will question a government minister and France's richest woman next week as what began as a simple lawsuit involving L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt threatens to become an affair of...

Botswana opens path for Bushmen to study at university - 07/23/2010

GABORONE, Refentse Tessa - Growing up in a dusty hunter-gatherer village in Botswana's Kalahari game reserve, Bihela Sekere never even knew what a university was, much less thought of becoming a...

Dubai court cuts Emirati cross-dresser's jail term: reports - 07/22/2010

DUBAI- A Dubai court reduced the prison term of an Emirati cross-dresser from three years to one, paving the way for his imminent release, local newspapers reported on Wednesday. "A student...

Animal rights activists banned from protest at Dubai zoo - 07/15/2010

DUBAI- Dubai police banned two demonstrators from animal rights group PETA from starting a protest branding zoos as "animal prisons" on Thursday, saying they were not authorised. Dressed in prison...

Hillary Clinton helps with Chelsea's wedding plans online - 07/04/2010

KRAKOW- With her busy schedule as US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton admitted Saturday she uses the Internet to juggle her career and help with wedding plans for her only child, Chelsea....

Ecstasy a growing rave in Lebanon drug market - 07/03/2010

BEIRUT, Mohamad Ali Harissi- At the age of 13, Marwan learned to hide the little colourful pills in his socks as he strode past his supervisors at school. Two years later, he is a go-to man for...
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