EU foreign ministers met Monday to agree on a joint message to the next US president, calling for a partnership of equals on key challenges from the Middle East to the global finance crisis. French Foreign Minister Kouchner, whose country...
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BY NOREEN: Research in Motion Ltd (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, released its first mobile phone with a touch-screen on Wednesday, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone. The smartphone, the Blackberry Storm, will be available later this year through...
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BY NOREEN: The suicide rate in the U.S. is on the rise, according to a report from Johns Hopkins University. Researchers found that the overall rate rose 0.7 percent from 1999 to 2005. But the rate for white women ages...
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Just in case it hasn't sunk in yet that the economy is in bad shape, consider this: the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to keep track of the nation's mounting red ink. The...
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BY Noreen: The world's tallest man, China's Bao Xishun, became the world's tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic dad and average-sized mum. Bao 's...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> MULTAN: Thousands of devotees cling to a train as they return after attending a Dawat-e-Islami congregation in Pakistan. Maulana Alyas Attar Qadri,...
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BY PETER GILL: Groundbreaking research suggests that pregnancy rates are much higher among teens who watch a lot of TV with sexual dialogue and behavior than among those who have tamer viewing tastes. "Sex and the City," anyone? That was...
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BY NOREEN : An Israeli health and beauty spa has introduced a new treatment to its menu -- snake massage. For 300 shekels ($70), clients at Ada Barak's spa in northern Israel can add a wild twist to their treatment...
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BY NOREEN: United Nation has denied holding any investigation regarding martyrdom of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday. Talking to news conference here UN chief Ban Ki Moon has said that United Nation will not hold any investigation regarding...
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BY NOREEN: Would you ever put your foot in to a fish bowl and let the fish nibble on your toes and skin? The sensible answer to this, one might wonder, would be NO but hold up; fish pedicure is...
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