Downgrading the 2009 H1N1 influenza
BERKELEY, California: Although the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic appears to have…
Of bells and minarets
PARIS: When Jerusalem was conquered in 635 AD, the second caliph Omar…
Missing DNA can promote childhood obesity: study
Some children get severely obese because they lack particular chunks of DNA,…
Snuba mixes snorkeling and scuba
Breathing underwater was a strange sensation. It was even stranger because I…
Violence against women is not a tenet of Islam
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Illinois: Listening to the radio one day, I was shocked…
A velvet climate revolution?
BUDAPEST: In the discussions now underway in Copenhagen, the fate of Earth's…
A foot in both cultures
NEW YORK: The American dream lured El-Sayed El-Deeb to New York City…
Monument lifted from Cleopatra's underwater city
ALEXANDRIA: Archaeologists on Thursday hoisted a 9-ton temple pylon from the waters…
Conference discusses women's rights in MENA region
CAIRO: The Alliance for Arab Women, Karama and UNIFEM organized two conferences…
Switzerland says January decision on Polanski extradition
Swiss authorities said Wednesday they would announce a decision in January on…