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Nyad back in water again
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Sixty-two-year-old long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad Saturday began another attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without the protection of a shark cage.
Nyad was flanked by kayakers and a diver who kept an eye out for sharks during her journey. One diver had to be treated for a painful ...DETAILS |
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Bouthaina Shaaban to discuss crisis
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Senior aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Bouthaina Shaaban is due to arrive in China on Tuesday for talks on the crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Bouthaina Shaaban, a "special adviser" to the Syrian President, will hold talks with Chinese Foreign ...DETAILS |
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Rasha Criticises Homophobic laws
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Rasha Moumneh condemned raids by Lebanese police on a gay venue in Beirut on July 28 which ended with 36 men being arrested and forced to undergo anal tests to test for homosexuality which is a crime in Lebanon under "sexual acts against nature."
Rasha stated "These ‘tests of shame' as ...DETAILS |
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Gu Kailai faces execution
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The wife of a former Chinese politician at the heart of a scandal that has rocked the ruling Communist Party has admitted murdering a British businessman and blamed her actions on a “mental breakdown,” state media reported Friday.
Xinhua news agency said that Gu Kailai told her ...DETAILS |
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Palestinian woman beaten to death
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A father murdered his own daughter with his son and buried her in their garden.
The pair has been charged with murder, while a doctor was charged with perjury by Hebron prosecutor Mohammed Ghabon.
33 year-old Randa Mahariek was severely beaten and abused for several days. A court heard that ...DETAILS |
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Hillary Clinton hits the dance floor
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Hillary Clinton may have have a reputation for being a serious stateswoman, but she knows how to cut loose, too. The Secretary of State hit the dance floor at a reception in South Africa on Tuesday evening.
Clinton was a guest of honor at a dinner hosted by South African Foreign Minister Maite ...DETAILS |
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Mahrazyah Obeidi receives threats
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Member of The Constituent Assembly for Tunisia Mahrazyah Obeidi has received serious threats after her alleged wage was leaked on social networking websites. The rumour said that she earned 6000 dollars a month as well as generous expenses.
Obeidi denied the rumours. She confirmed that she ...DETAILS |
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Rawda al-Hajj wins Okaz award
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Prince Khalid Al Faisal awarded Sudanese poet Rawda Al-Hajj the Okaz Poetry prize. Along with the award, she received a prize of 300,000 riyals as well as the chance of reciting her poem at the the opening ceremony of Souq Okaz festival on September 11th. She competed with over 35 poets from ...DETAILS |
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French Muslim charged with assault
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A French Muslim woman has been charged with assault and inciting a riot after she refused a police ID check because she was wearing a banned full-face veil, a police source said Tuesday.
The 18-year-old is to appear in court in the northern city of Lille on October 30 charged with assault, ...DETAILS |
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Tunisia celebrates Olympics silver
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Celebrations spread across Tunisia Monday night as Tunisian runner Habiba Gharibi) won the silver medal in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase at the London Olympics after achieving a personal best of 9:08.37.
Pictures of the 28 year old runner dominated Tunisian social meda. One of the ...DETAILS |
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