Society

Half of ADHD cases linked to social factors: study - 06/03/2010

PARIS- Nearly half of serious cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children are closely tied to social factors such as single parenting and poor maternal education, reports a new...

Egypt court orders Coptic church to allow remarriage - 05/31/2010

CAIRO- A court in Egypt has ordered the Coptic church to allow its faithful to remarry, quashing an appeal by the head of the church, local media reported on Sunday. "By law, a Christian can...

Saudi tells Muslims not to seek burial in holy cities - 05/30/2010

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia's interior ministry has moved to halt the increasingly popular practice of Muslims seeking burial in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, a Saudi newspaper said Saturday. A...

S.Korean game-addicted couple jailed for starving baby - 05/29/2010

SEOUL- A South Korean couple who left their baby to starve while raising a "virtual child" on the Internet were given prison sentences Friday. The 41-year-old husband and his wife, 25, were...

Hamas makes arrests over torching of UN summer camp in Gaza - 05/25/2010

GAZA CITY- The Hamas rulers of Gaza on Tuesday said they had arrested a group of suspects over the torching of a UN children's summer camp, in which attackers also threatened the head of a UN...

British mother admits suffocating her two children: judge - 05/22/2010

MADRID- A British woman has confessed to suffocating to death her two young children in a hotel room using a plastic bag, a Spanish judge said Friday and ordered her held without bail. Lianne...

UAE court adjourns death row Indians' appeal - 05/20/2010

SHARJAH- An appeal hearing in the United Arab Emirates for 17 Indians sentenced to death for killing a Pakistani was adjourned on Wednesday for lack of an interpreter. A court of first instance...

Woman charged with stabbing British lawmaker - 05/16/2010

LONDON- A woman was charged on Saturday with the attempted murder of a former British government minister who was stabbed while meeting constituents in London. Stephen Timms, 54, who was a...

For Iraqis, learning Hebrew is a mixed blessing - 05/14/2010

BAGHDAD, Sammy Ketz- Wearing an elegant pink headscarf, Marwa Abdel Karim serenades her fellow Baghdad University students with a heartfelt rendition of "Filled With Love," remarkable for the...

Arizona Governor bans ethnic studies program - 05/13/2010

LOS ANGELES- Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has courted fresh controversy by signing a bill banning an ethnic studies program, just weeks after approving the state's tough new immigration law. Brewer...
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