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California   Culture   Marriage   Photos   Social  
 The News & Observer 
California's controversial Proposition 8 generates questions about nature of marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - What is traditional marriage? | That question lies beneath the surface of the debate over Proposition 8, the measure that bans same-sex marriage in California. After voters approv... (photo: Creative Commons / Leon Brocard)
Albanian Muslims pray to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, near the Et'hem Beu mosque, in Tirana
India   Muslim   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism  
 The News & Observer 
Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Muslims from the Middle East to Britain and Austria condemned Sunday the Mumbai shooting rampage by suspected Islamic militants as senseless terrorism, but also found themselves ... (photo: AP / Hektor Pustina)
 ag2  Il Divo performing at the Mizner Amphitheater on June 14,2006.  Il Divo have taken opera into the mainstrean on a global scale.  The phenomenal sales of their albums and concerts are a testament to their amazing success story.  Their debut self-titl  The Daily Mail 
Il Divo: 'We're so big, we tell Simon Cowell what to do'
| With their chiselled cheekbones and rich, resounding voices, Il Divo were put together by Simon Cowell in an attempt to bring operatic singing to the masses. | Immaculately clad in Armani suits, the... (photo: WN / aruna)
Album   Celebrity   Entertainment   Music   Photos  
 Islam -Girl adjusts her hijab in a mirror at the 43rd annual Islamic Society of North America convention, Sept, 1, 2006, in Rosemont, Ill. Earlier this year on an Arabic Web site, a Muslim woman scholar posted an open letter to the Islamic world for wome  The Australian 
The Netherlands to ban burkas at unis
| THE HAGUE: The Netherlands plans to ban from universities the face coverings worn by some Muslim women. | The ban will apply not only to students but also to mothers and anyone else entering univers... (photo: AP Photo )
Islam   Law   Netherlands   Photos   Woman  
Top Stories
Members of Bangladesh Kormojibi Nari, or women workers, stage a demonstration wearing masks of the leaders of G-8 nations, in Dhaka, Bangladesh Star Tribune
Bangladeshis call on richer nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions
| DHAKA, Bangladesh - Some 500 women rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Thursday, demanding richer nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions and compensate the impoveris... (photo: AP / Pavel Rahman)
Asia   Bangladesh   Climate   Dhaka   Photos   Rally  
Pigeons fly as firemen fight a blaze at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008. The News Tribune
Navy boarding suspicious ship off Mumbai
MUMBAI, India -- The Indian navy says its forces are boarding a cargo vessel suspected of ties to the Mumbai attacks that killed 101 people. | Navy spokesman Capt. Manoha... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh)
Karachi   Killings   Mumbai   Photos   Terrorism  
ag2 Nicole Vaidisova during the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, Saturday March 29, 2008 at the Crandon Park Tennis Center in Key Biscayne, Florida. NZ Herald
Tennis: Czechs in for women's Classic
| Nicole Vaidisova climbed to world No 7 last year and will be eighth seed for the Auckland Classic. Photo / AP | Organisers of next year's women's tennis tournament in A... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
Auckland   Photos   Sports   Tennis   Tournament  
Germany Independent Online
Maltese embassy in Germany promotes tourism
In line with its efforts to promote tourism to the Maltese islands during the low season, especially among institutions and organisations in Germany having a senior citiz... (photo: Creative Commons / Crux)
Germany   Malta   Photos   Tourism   Travel  
Eliot Spitzer The Boston Globe
Booking agent in Spitzer case gets probation
| NEW YORK—A woman who helped arrange trysts for a $5,500-an-hour escort service was sentenced Tuesday to one year of probation for her part in the prostitution sca... (photo: New York Governorship)
Photos   Prostitution   Sexuality   Society   Women  
Clint Eastwood The Independent
Mae Mercer: Blues singer and actress whomade her name in Europe and worked with Clint Eastwood
| When the deep-voiced blues singer Mae Mercer ran away from her native North Carolina to New York in 1957, the 15-year old wasn't planning on going to Europe. Yet, withi... (photo: AP / )
Actor   Entertainment   Hollywood   Photos   Star  
Technology Media
- No takers for Paris Hilton's second album
- Intel, Google asked to help revise EU data protection laws
- Czech carmaker Skoda to stay closed till Jan 2009
- First digital Imax cinema in Europe is opened in London
European Central Bank ECB President, Jean-Claude Trichet, speaks at the 4th European Dialogue about the Euro, at the Universitiy in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, September 21, 2007. The event has been organized by the the foundation Jean Monnet
ECB cuts rates, following BoE, Swedish Riksbank
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- Buzz Briefs: Jon Hamm, Mark Ruffalo
- Mother guilty of staging daughter's 24-day kidnap
- AC Milan floundering after Italian Cup elimination
- Muntari maintains Essien arrival hope
 President Vladimir Putin speaks as he visits Russian aerospace company NPO Lavochkin in Khimki, a Mo
Putin holds forth in TV call-in show
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Politics Business
- Serbian police search home of genocide suspect Ratko Mladic&
- Serb police search home of Mladic's son
- EU seen edging towards deal on patents in 2009
- Serb police raid Mladic son's home
France's UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) party leader Nicolas Sarkozy
Sarkozy unveils Euro26bn stimulus plan for France
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- France and UK shore up economies
- Central banks across Europe go on rate-cutting spree
- France Prepares $30 Billion Economic Stimulus Plan
- Czech carmaker Skoda Auto to be closed in 2009 till Jan 11 a
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Syria discusses oil deal with Cyprus
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Sports Music
- Soocer: Beckham lines up one last trick shot
- Fabregas: My future's at Arsenal
- Buzz Briefs: Jon Hamm, Mark Ruffalo
- French muslim girls lose veil case in European court
 USA´s Oguchi Onyewu reacts after Ghana scored during the USA vs Ghana World Cup Group E soccer match at the Franken Stadium in Nuremberg, Germany, Thursday, June 22, 2006. Other teams in Group E are Italy and Czech Republic. -ayt1
Udinese, Galatasaray, Liege advance in UEFA Cup
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- No takers for Paris Hilton's second album
- 'Ulysses' ponders the 'fragility of coherence
- Madrid opera house boss hopes to attract more fans
- Madrid opera house boss hopes to attract more fans
 President Vladimir Putin speaks as he visits Russian aerospace company NPO Lavochkin in Khimki, a Mo
Putin holds forth in TV call-in show
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Society Culture
- Huge rate cuts in Europe seek to lift economy
- Putin says Russia will survive 'difficult period'
- Call to unite Parthenon marbles
- Gorbachev: US hindering Europe security
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, looks on during a Cabinet meeting in the Moscow Kremlin, Monday, March 24, 2008. Putin ordered the government Monday to prepare to send humanitarian aid to Serb-populated areas of Kosovo, Russian news agencies reported
Putin says Russia will survive 'difficult period'
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- Buzz Briefs: Jon Hamm, Mark Ruffalo
- First digital Imax cinema in Europe is opened in London
- Paris dances to a master's tune
- Construction begins on Armani Hotel Milano
French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures while speaking during a media conference after an EU summit in Brussels, Monday Sept. 1, 2008. EU leaders will assess the impact of their fraying relations with Moscow at a summit on Monday, however they face limited options to punish Russia for invading Georgia and recognizing the independence of its Abkhazia and South Ossetia provinc
Quiz for state jobs is discriminatory says President Sarkozy
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