Nokia has been firing on all cylinders of late from a product-launch perspective, and this continues today with the launch of a new range of low-end smartphones, kicking off with the 2G, WiFi-enabled Asha 501. The 501 is Nokia’s first smartphone built on the new Asha platform, which builds on Nokia’s acquisition of Smarterphone, a…
FILE -- In this July 1, 2001 file photo, Syrian soldiers prepare an anti-aircraft gun near field of wheat close to a radar position in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa valley. Any international military action against Syria’s regime over its reported use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East’s most formidable air…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSBassem Youssef was charged with mocking Egypt's president and insulting Islam Dean Obeidallah: Youssef, considered the Jon Stewart of Egypt, was performing comedy He says there's fear in the Middle East that comedy will undermine political leaders Obeidallah: Will Egypt's new president embrace democracy and freedom of expression? Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah, a former…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSBassem Youssef was charged with mocking Egypt's president and insulting Islam Dean Obeidallah: Youssef, considered the Jon Stewart of Egypt, was performing comedy He says there's fear in the Middle East that comedy will undermine political leaders Obeidallah: Will Egypt's new president embrace democracy and freedom of expression? Editor's note: Dean Obeidallah, a former…
SHARE THIS Print Email More sharing RedditStumbleUponDelicious Spain's Princess Cristina faces charges in corruption scandalBy CNN StaffApril 3, 2013 -- Updated 1242 GMT (2042 HKT)Princess Cristina of Spain after visiting King Juan Carlos I of Spain at La Milagrosa Hospital on March 4, 2013 in Madrid, Spain.(CNN) -- Spain's Princess Cristina faces preliminary charges in…
Hatfield, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Child friendly formulation will help treatment of orphan syndrome LGS a severe form of childhood epilepsy Inovelon(R) (rufinamide) oral suspension for adjunctive (add-on) treatment of seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) in children four years and older is launched today in France. The new formulation of the orphan drug has been…
Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Holy Shroud in the Cathedral of Turin on May 2, 2010 in Turin, Italy.STORY HIGHLIGHTSVideo of the Turin Shroud will be broadcast from the city's cathedral on Saturday Benedict XVI authorized the broadcast before resigning as pope Some Christians believe the cloth to be Jesus Christ's burial…
Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Holy Shroud in the Cathedral of Turin on May 2, 2010 in Turin, Italy.STORY HIGHLIGHTSVideo of the Turin Shroud will be broadcast from the city's cathedral on Saturday Benedict XVI authorized the broadcast before resigning as pope Some Christians believe the cloth to be Jesus Christ's burial…
A Kuwaiti sheik alleges that a senior executive at UBS offered $20 million to get the bank an advisory role on one of the biggest-ever acquisitions in the Middle East, but the bank later backed out of the deal.
STORY HIGHLIGHTSExperts believe Syria may have sarin and VX gases -- both nerve agents -- and mustard gas The United Nations is to investigate claims that chemical weapons have been used Analyst says Syria's chemical weapons stockpile is linked to regional tensions over Israel Chemical weapons are "cheaper and easier to have than nuclear weapons,"…
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