Business
China invests $40 bln in »
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's main economic partner China has invested around 40 billion dollars in the Islamic republic's oil and [...]
International
Engineers prepare to seal »
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) - Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of [...]
‘Flash floods kill at »
KABUL (AFP) - Flash floods in Afghanistan have killed at least 65 people and affected more than 1,000 [...]
Chelsea Clinton set for »
RHINEBECK, New York (AFP) - After an intensely secretive build-up Chelsea Clinton and her hedge fund [...]
Sports
Starace battles into Umag final »
UMAG, Croatia (AFP) - Italy's Potito Starace battled past eighth-seeded Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela to advance to the final of the ATP Croatia Open here [Read More]
Entertainment
Bollywood gets »
MUMBAI (AFP) - From underworld figures and political activists to famous artists and star [...]
Broadway sings »
NEW YORK (AFP) - While audiences at Broadway's "West Side Story" thrill to the on-stage [...]
Jolie raises »
SEOUL (AFP) - Actress Angelina Jolie took time out Wednesday from her promotional movie [...]
High Tech
Hackers pick up where Facebook »
LAS VEGAS (AFP) - Hackers are weighing in on the Facebook privacy controversy with creations that help people strengthen privacy or empty profile pages at the world's leading social networking service. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) technology fellow Chris Conley [Read More]
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Science/Environment
Sri Lankan, Hawaiian sites make world heritage list
BRASILIA (AFP) - A region of mountainous forests in Sri Lanka and an isolated archipelago off Hawaii have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, officials of the UN cultural and scientific body said Saturday. The World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided to add the two sites on [...]
Florida’s Everglades put on world heritage endangered list
BRASILIA (AFP) - Florida's Everglades and Madagascar's tropical forest were added Friday to a list of imperiled world heritage sites by UNESCO officials who also registered lesser threats to Peru's Machu Picchu ruins and the Galapagos Islands. The decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and [...]