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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy handed his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak a stolen ancient relic on Monday, ending a row between France and Egypt over artefacts taken from a Luxor tomb.
"Worshipper Bearing an Animal Offering", (Mesopotamia, 1900- 1800 BCE). R.T. Miller Fund. ROCHESTER, NY.- Two new galleries showcasing the Memorial Art Gallery ’s ancient art collections will open December 16. Renovation and reinstallation of the second-floor galleries, which began this summer, was made possible by one of the largest gifts in Gallery history—a $1 million donation from long-time ...
The fossil "water bushpig"—as the locals call it—fills in a gap between primitive land-dwelling mammals to today's aquatic sea cows, a new study says.
In a pioneering application for the global liquid natural gas (LNG) industry, GE Oil & Gas technology is powering the world's first gravity-based offshore LNG terminal located 17 kilometers offshore from the town of Rovigo, near Venice, on Italy's north east coast
Paris - Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, Monday renewed their call for the creation of an independent and viable Palestinian state, the French presidential office said in a statement. The two leaders met f...
SAN ANGELO, Texas —It began as a missing-persons case. Five young — ages 19 to 25 — Muslim Americans abruptly disappeared in late November from Washington’s Northern Virginia suburbs.They turned up in the custody of the Pakistani police, who say the five had tried to link up with terrorist groups, some of them linked to al-Qaida , for training with the goal of waging jihad against U.S. troops in ...
Al Qaeda's deputy leader on Monday accused President Barack Obama of deceiving the Arab world and failing to advance Middle East peace talks, and said the militants' struggle against the United States and its allies is "war between Muslims and infidels."
Moviemaker James Cameron is set for a titanic honour - a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hamas mobilized tens of thousands of supporters on Monday for an anniversary rally meant to show the Islamic militant group has not lost support despite Israel's devastating military assault on Gaza a year ago. The crowd responded with chants of "We won't...
ISLAMABAD — Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said today.
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s benchmark FTSE MIB Index gained for a third session, adding 297.78, or 1.3 percent, to 22,709.29 as of 9:39 a.m. in Milan.
Awarded 'Best of the Best' in Mobile; US State Department's Deployment of President Obama's Text Speech Excerpts Wins Again
By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
DECATUR -Sgt. Brandon L. Gibson was enthusiastic about theMarines when he was recruited, and that enthusiasm has not dimmed,even after two tours in Iraq , where he guarded convoys and servedas a rooftop sniper.
Editor’s Note: In his Nobel Peace Prize speech last week, President Obama singled out Iran and North Korea as nations seeking to “game the system” by flouting international demands regarding their secret nuclear programs.
In accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Thursday, President Obama talked about the quiet dignity of human rights reformers such as Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi, the bravery of Zimbabwean voters who "cast their ballots in the face of beatings" and the need to bear witness to "the hundreds of thousands who have marched silently through the streets of Iran." Earlier in the week, thousands of ...
