Iran to Replace Google with ‘Oh Lord’
It all began in the early 1990’s with Internet search engine startups like Excite, Galaxy, Lycos and Webcrawler. Then Yahoo and Alta Vista moved in, followed only a few years…
Libyan leader says Europe should convert to Islam
ROME: Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi told 500 paid hostesses attending a lecture in Rome that Europe should convert to Islam and gave each of them a copy of the Koran,…
Lebanese PM travels to Syria amid rising tensions
DAMASCUS: Syria's president urged Lebanon's leader early Monday to support the militant group Hezbollah and maintain calm in the country. Bashar Assad met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in…
Bollywood takes on sexual harassment in new film
Bollywood is tackling the subject of sexual harassment in the workplace, which campaigners say is increasingly becoming an issue as traditional gender roles change in modern urban India. "Hello Darling,"…
Sufi Fusion: Food for the soul
Traversing the crowded pedestrian bridge of Al-Azhar, one comes to the mashrabiya (latticework) exterior of Qubbet Al-Ghouri. As you enter the open courtyard of this 16th century complex, the cacophony…
Dissident Saad Eddin Ibrahim signs pro-Gamal Mubarak petition
CAIRO: An Egyptian-American dissident and former advocate against heredity succession in Egypt has signed a petition backing the president's son to run in next year's elections. Sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim…
‘Mad Men,’ ‘Modern Family’ win top Emmy Awards
The darkly intimate 1960s-era drama "Mad Men" and the comedy romp "Modern Family" were the top honorees at Sunday's Emmy Awards as American life past and present proved a winning…
10 held over Beirut clash as government mulls arms control
BEIRUT: en people have been arrested over a Beirut street clash that left three dead last week, the army chief said in comments published Monday, as the government headed for…
Iran ex-prosecutor suspended over prison deaths, say MPs
TEHRAN: Tehran's notorious former prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi and two judges have been suspended over the prison deaths of three anti-government protesters, Iranian newspapers reported Monday, quoting MPs. The Iranian judiciary…
Two Russian pilots abducted in Darfur, says army
KHARTOUM: Two Russian pilots operating in Darfur have been abducted by unknown gunmen, an army spokesman said on Monday, the second kidnapping of foreigners in the war-torn region of western…