Egypt tries to broker end to Palestinian hunger strike The Independent | Some 1,600 prisoners held in Israeli jails are refusing food and demanding both better conditions and an end to detention without trial. | The Egyptian-brokered talks mark the first time that substantive negotiations have been held to defuse the protest. Palestinian and Israeli officials confirmed...
Reporters Without Borders condemns attacks on journalists Newstrack India | Peshawar, May 4 (ANI): The Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has called for improved security arrangements for journalists working in conflict-affected regions across the world, saying that as many as 21 journalists and six netizens have been killed since the beginning of 2012, many of them in war z...
Movie News Wrap Up: May 19th, 2012 IMDb | This week: | Morgan Freeman kicks-back and joins Michael Douglas and Robert De Niro in Last Vegas; Amy Adams goes to Dark Places; John Cusack and Elijah Wood live in perfect harmony in Grand Piano; Alex Proyas walks like an Egyptian with Gods ...
Cleopatra exhibit opens at California Science Center The Examiner | Los Angeles – With more than 150 Egyptian artifacts, "Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt", makes its west coast premiere at the California Science Center on May 23rd. This exhibit features the largest collection of its kind ever ...
Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary BBC News The 65th edition of the Cannes Film Festival runs from 16 to 27 May, 2012. | The great and good of the global film industry are gathered on the French Riviera for the annual event, which sees premieres from Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and David Cronenber...
Flying solo Irish Times 12Xi'an: China in your handWindsurf in Lanzarote | ALANNA GALLAGHER | Great adventures to see the world and make new friends | 1.SAMPLE SOUTH AFRICA | Explore the African bush, see the Big Five in Kruger Park, go on game walks in Zululand, drift sou...
Owner of belly dancing television station arrested in police raid Gulf News | Cairo: Egypt's vice police on Thursday arrested the owner of a belly dancing TV station on suspicion of operating without a licence, inciting licentiousness and facilitating prostitution, a security official said. | The station, ElTet, broadc...
The Burqa That We Are All Wearing Huffington Post | In 2011, France campaigned to ban niqabs -- face veils worn by Muslim women -- in an effort that center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy said was critical in ensuring women's rights. Much debated and contested, the veil ban -- which affected only 2,...
