Sunni rulers largely shun Iraq at Arab summit
By LARA JAKES and HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press AP Photo/Karim Kadim BAGHDAD (AP) -- Sunni Muslim rulers largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq on Thursday, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define...
Holding Arab Summit In Baghdad Is For Iraq To Assume Its Normal Arab Position, Arab League SG
Baghdad - "Holding the Arab summit in Baghdad at this critical stage in the Arab region is for Iraq to assume its normal Arab position," the Arab League Secretary General Nabeel Al Arab said at the opening meetings of the Economic and Social Arab Council Wednesday in...
Prada keeps retail focus after profit shines
* 2011 net up 72 pct to 432 mln euros, vs 416 mln forecast * 2011 net revenue up 25 pct to 2.56 bln euros * Confirms plan of around new 80 stores in 2012, 2013 (Adds new stores outlook, details, comments) By Farah Master and Antonella Ciancio HONG KONG/MILAN, March 29...
Spain unrests : Spaniards pour into streets
More photos » by Daniel Silva - MADRID (AFP) Hundreds of thousands of protesters swamped Spain's streets on Thursday to back a general strike, marred by clashes in Barcelona where youths set fire to a two-storey Starbucks. Unions said nearly a million people took part...
Fighting erupts in north Mali
Plus de photos » by Serge Daniel - BAMAKO (AFP) The bloc of West African states on Thursday set coup leaders in Mali a three-day ultimatum to restore constitutional order or face diplomatic and economic isolation. The junta last week chased President Amadou Toumani...
US offers $120 million for Sahel
WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States will give $120 million in emergency aid for western Africa's drought-hit Sahel region in hope of preventing severe hunger, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. Clinton announced the aid after a UN appeal in February for...
Local dental workers at risk from mercury use
Local dental workers at risk from mercury use By Emma Gatten | The Daily Star BEIRUT: Dental workers in Lebanon are exposed to potentially dangerous levels of mercury due to their continued use of the substance in dental work, despite widespread global acceptance of...
LHU Clearfield Students Help Others During Spring Break
LHU Clearfield Students Help Others During Spring Break Gant Team CLEARFIELD – During the week of March 12, Lock Haven University’s MountainServe Center for Global Citizenship sponsored two alternative spring break service-learning programs. Brooke Murray (Nursing) is...
Armenia to face Morocco at World Team Table Tennis Championships
PanArmenian.net Armenia to face Morocco at World Team Table Tennis Championships PanARMENIAN.Net - On March 29, Armenia will face off against Morocco at 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Dortmund, Germany. Armenian players came 2nd in fourth division Group...
Experts: More Flu Surveillance Needed
Ozarks First.com Experts: More Flu Surveillance Needed By: Elizabeth Landau - CNN.com Health Writer/Producer An analysis from Nature shows that there's not as much flu surveillance as you might think.There were about 1,000 flu sequences from 400 avian virus samples...