Parents turn to cell phones as high-tech rattles

When Annamarie Saarinen needed to soothe her ailing daughter, she used a rattle - downloaded to her iPhone.Jeff Hilimire uses a white noise application on his phone to make shushing…

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Social networking sites 'keep deleted photos'

User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites including Facebook after people have deleted them, British researchers said Thursday.The findings by a team from Cambridge University raise…

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Nintendo returns to the ring with 'Punch-Out!!'

In the early 1980s, after Muhammad Ali retired, boxing was losing its mojo. It took two larger-than-life brawlers to bring star power back to the ring: Mike Tyson and Little…

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Mideast-Africa Q1 hotel occupancy, revenue down: report

DUBAI: Hotels across the Middle East and Africa reported big drops in occupancy and revenue rates in the first quarter of the year, with Beirut, Jeddah and Abu Dhabi performing…

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Summit subsidiaries strive for synergy post merger

CAIRO: Executives have settled into the brand new headquarters in Katameya. All the legal paperwork has been filed. A new management structure and organizational Matrix have been instituted. Some cultural…

Theodore May

CMA delays ruling on Mobinil offer

CAIRO: Egypt's Capital Markets Authority delayed Friday its ruling on the obligatory tender offer by France Telecom's Orange for all shares in Mobinil (Egyptian Company for Mobile Services).The CMA said…

Amira Salah-Ahmed

Ledger's last role played at Cannes

Heath Ledger s last unfinished role, cut short by his tragic death, was brought Friday to Cannes by cult director Terry Gilliam. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, described as a…

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DJ David Guetta spins in Cairo

DJ David Guetta performed in Cairo for the first time at The First Mall Thursday night. The throngs of eager concert-goers were testament to Guetta's worldwide popularity, globally launched by…

Heba Elkayal

What does "Islamic law" mean in Pakistan?

LAHORE, Pakistan: In an attempt to restore peace in the restive Swat Valley, the Pakistani government signed a controversial peace deal in March with the Taliban-backed group Movement for the…

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The False Promise of Global Governance Standards

CAMBRIDGE: In the wake of last year's global financial meltdown, there is now widespread recognition that inadequate investor protection can significantly affect how stock markets and economies develop, as well…

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