Hugh Jackman: The boy wonder
FROM dressing up in a koala suit to headlining his own blockbuster, franchise, Hugh Jackman has come a long way. It's something of a surprise to see Hugh Jackman when he's not in character. Sitting...
View ArticleUN Exodus Pinches East Timor Economy
East Timor is readying to stand on its own feet as international forces withdraw by the year-end. But for some in the 10-year-old nation, one of the poorest in Asia, the exodus also comes at a steep...
View ArticleThe chequered tale of the Taliban 'boy commander'
When he was barely out of adolescence, Obaidullah Safi was fighting a war in the lawless borderlands of Afghanistan's Kunar province. Even though he was born in 1992, his story of divided loyalties,...
View ArticleHuckabee: 'It's a powerful story'
“It’s a powerful story and I really believe it has the power to bring people together,” said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee of “Dear Father, Dear Son,” New York Times best-selling author and...
View ArticleWright Light: A bit of family history hanging on the tree
As a kid, you can get away with giving some pretty lame presents - "lame," in this instance, meaning "hand-made." You know the kind: plaster-of-Paris ornaments, others made of reindeer-brown...
View ArticleGod Displays Patience, Mercy, Love, Wrath
The first test of Free Choice and God's mercy We all know and agree including myself, that God is all knowing and perfect in everything, BUT, I keep asking myself, knowing this of God. Is God...
View ArticleBenin's poverty pushes youngsters into the employ of child traffickers
Facing hardship, families in Benin are sending their children to work in sometimes brutal conditions in neighbouring Nigeria Children at work in Cotonou's Dantokpa market, one of Benin's key...
View ArticleAnne Hathaway confesses her new hair cut makes her look like her 'gay older...
Fans were intrigued to see the usually long-locked Anne Hathaway not only chop off her beautiful brunette hair but buzz it into a pixie cut for her role in the Tom Hopper directed musical, Les...
View ArticleMovember: Why I'm growing the 'stache
November 24, 2012 -- Updated 1222 GMT (2022 HKT) CNN art director Stewart Scott-Curran shaved his facial hair this month to participate in Movember. Editor's note: Stewart Scott-Curran is an art...
View ArticleSome at Okla. State look to establish eco-village
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Campus housing at Oklahoma State University could soon see solar panels and goats. The Oklahoman reports...
View Article>Some at Okla. State look to establish eco-village
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Campus housing at Oklahoma State University could soon see solar panels and goats. The Oklahoman reports...
View ArticleOur Man in Kabul?
By YAROSLAV TROFIMOV The darkest pages of Afghan history are reserved for a traitorous king named Shah Shuja. Enthroned by British invaders in 1839, he was ignominiously slaughtered once the routed...
View ArticleCyclist's dad recalls him as family man
COLONIE — Paul Merges Sr. was running errands at Sam's Club Saturday morning when his wife, Barbara, called him on his cellphone, her voice shaking and urgent. "You need to come home right now," she...
View ArticleTeachers turn saviours, rescue raped girl from her own sexual predator...
The father, brother and an uncle of a 13 year-old girl from nearby Dharmadom in north Kerala's Kannur district have been arrested for allegedly raping the minor for the past two years. The shocking...
View ArticleIdeal homes: a look at our obsession with domestic life
MAGGIE ARMSTRONG The Irish home has changed down the years, and has reflected the evolution of both kinship and tastes Away from it we pine, in it we fight; wanting one of our own, we go mad....
View ArticleRetired Lt. Col. Oliver North to sign copies of new book about heroes at The...
THE VILLAGES — In his latest military thriller, retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North paints a picture of a future where everything that can go wrong, does. North will sign copies of "Heroes Proved" at...
View ArticleThe house that Maria built
Paper Edition | Page: 3 Timor Leste, a nation just 10-years-old with a little over 1.2 million people, will have to practically stand on its own two feet with the closure of the UN Integrated Mission...
View ArticleSt Andrews University: Teenagers allowed entry with low grades 'set up to...
Forcing universities to admit rising numbers of teenagers with lower entry grades risks setting them up to “fail”, one of Britain's most prestigious institutions has warned. St Andrews University has...
View ArticleKenya police face 'summary killing' claims
A ceiling fan turned slowly overhead as Laylatu Mohammed Omar and her family fell asleep on mattresses strewn across the floor to escape Mombasa's searing heat. At 1am, they awoke to screeching cars...
View ArticleNRIs spruce up Ludhiana village, other panchayats to follow suit
Impressed by the hygiene initiatives of a urban village in Ludhiana district, four other villages have decided to follow suit. The village panchayats of Minia, Bassian and Maddeh and another from...
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