Oprah, Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry to present Oscars
Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Bullock and Halle Berry will be among presenters handing out the awards at next year's Oscars show in February, organizer said Monday. The 2010 best actor Oscar…
Colin Firth wins Variety International Star of Year
British actor Colin Firth won Variety Magazine's "International Star of the Year" award at the Dubai International Film Festival which opened with his film "The King's Speech." Actress Carey Mulligan…
Golden Globes launch Hollywood into awards season
The Golden Globes remain Hollywood's second-biggest film honors. Yet they are not the weather vane they used to be for predicting which film might triumph at the Academy Awards. The…
Hamas marks 23rd anniversary with Gaza rally
GAZA CITY: Members of Hamas fanned out across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, draping the Islamist movement's flag across buildings ahead of a mass rally to celebrate their 23rd anniversary.…
Yad Vashem struggles to teach Holocaust to Arabs
By Diaa Hadid/ AP JERUSALEM: Six decades after the Nazis murdered 6 million Jews, Israel's national Holocaust memorial has launched a new effort to educate the country's Arab minority —…
Palestinians express doubts over 2-state future
By Dan Perry and Tia Goldenberg/ AP JERUSALEM: Conventional wisdom on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking has long held that Israel should relinquish most of the lands it occupied in 1967 in favor of…
Japan wants to help Algeria’s development, says minister
ALGIERS: Japan wants to support Algeria's economic development while capitalizing on the North African country's energy resources, Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara said Monday ahead of a landmark visit. "Japan is…
Asia steering world economy in 2011
By Elaine Kurtenbach/ AP SHANGHAI: The prolonged weakness in the US and Europe may be the least of Asia's troubles in 2011, economists say, as the region fights potentially destabilizing inflationary…
Afghan government approves gold mine deal
KABUL: Despite the crackle of gunfire in the mountains of northern Afghanistan, the wealth of gold beneath will be mined under a multimillion-dollar contract that government officials approved on Monday.…
Third of Americans will be diabetic, says Bill Clinton
DUBAI: Diabetes is costing the United States up to $160 billion per year and might affect one-third of Americans by the middle of the century, former US President Bill Clinton…
