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Title fight unites boxers of different faiths

Light-welterweight number one boxing contender Dmitriy Salita works out with a punching bag in Bushkill, Pennsylvania. Salita, an Orthodox Jew from Brooklyn, New York, will meet British Muslim title holder Amir Khan on December 5 in Newcastle, England.
AFP - Tuesday, November 24

BUSHKILL, Pennsylvania (AFP) - - A fist fight may seem an odd way to show respect between Jews and Muslims, but when Dmitriy Salita competes for the WBA light-welterweight title next month, he'll be doing just that. More »

  • A Yemeni youth wearing the traditional dagger stands at the entrance of a shop that sells qat, a mild drug used daily by most Yemenis, at a market in Sanaa on November 6. For Yemenis, the mild narcotic qat is as much a part of the social fabric as an after-dinner drink in the West and, as with brandies, connoisseurs want the best varieties.

    War deprives Yemeni elite of choicest chew

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    SANAA (AFP) - - For Yemenis, the mild narcotic qat is as much a part of the social fabric as an after-dinner drink in the West and, as with brandies, connoisseurs want the best varieties.

  • Filipino presidential candidate Rigoberto Madera displays the copy of his

    Bizarre candidates kick off Philippine election race

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    MANILA (AFP) - - Bizarre candidates such as the "Ultimate Messiah" and a man who crows like a chicken are seeking their moments of fame by making unlikely bids for president in next year's Philippine elections.

  • Fans go toward the light of New Moon

    GMANews.TV - Tuesday, November 24

    When you’ve got a fan base so passionate they call themselves Twi–hards, making the New Moon movie places you under a lot of pressure.

  • An Indian woman looking into a jewellery shop display window in New Delhi on November 2009.

    Flashy Indian brides struggle with high gold prices

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - - For Indian brides buying jewellery, the bigger the better is the general rule, but record gold prices during this year's wedding season are forcing many to compromise.

  • Drink more today

    Manila Bulletin - Monday, November 23

    Everyone knows that water is vital to the body.

  • Youthfulness from what you eat

    Manila Bulletin - Monday, November 23

    Nowadays, it costs so much to have that youthful glow in our face, in our body.

  • A chef to call your own

    Manila Bulletin - Monday, November 23

    I remember reading somewhere, a long time ago, that Madonna never went anywhere without her personal chef.

  • Updates on the A (H1N1) flu

    Manila Bulletin - Monday, November 23

    Q. Please give us an update on the A (H1N1) flu that had the country in near panic a few months ago.

  • No ordinary bedtime story

    Manila Bulletin - Monday, November 23

    Famous people such as French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, English nurse Florence Nightingale, former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, political figure Winston Churchill, scientist Sir Isaac Newton, among others got by with just four hours a night.

    Scientist Thomas Edison claimed that sleeping is a waste of time, while average people spend a third of their lives doing it.

  • A copy of Darwin's book the

    Rare Charles Darwin book in toilet in Britain

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LONDON (AFP) - - A first edition of Charles Darwin's seminal "On the Origin of Species" will be sold this week after it was found in a family's toilet in southern Britain, an auction house said Sunday.

  • Lebanese women sit on a bench in front of a poster announcing the opening of a Christian Dior shop in downtown Beirut on November 5. Brimming with style, Beirut is regaining its reputation as a shoppers' paradise, with luxury labels such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton among a slew of shops opening in the city's renovated souks.

    Beirut sets out to woo back shoppers

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Brimming with style, Beirut is regaining its reputation as a shoppers' paradise, with luxury labels such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton among a slew of shops opening in the city's renovated souks.

  • A sign on display at the Nations Gunshow in Chantilly, Virginia. Recession-stoked fears of rising crime and tougher gun laws under a Democratic government are sending US gun sales sky high, and big crowds at the Chantilly Gun Show this weekend proved it once again.

    Pistols, Tasers, assault rifles sell fast at US show

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    CHANTILLY, Virginia (AFP) - - Recession-stoked fears of rising crime and tougher gun laws under a Democratic government are sending US gun sales sky high, and big crowds at the Chantilly Gun Show this weekend proved it once again.

  • A Pakistani man is seen looking at Buddha sculptures at a museum in Peshawar. Archaeologists warn that the Taliban are destroying Pakistan's ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in the country's northwest.

    Taliban suffocate Pakistan Buddhist heritage

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    TAXILA, Pakistan (AFP) - - Archaeologists warn that the Taliban are destroying Pakistan's ancient Gandhara heritage and rich Buddhist legacy as pilgrimage and foreign research dries up in the country's northwest.

  • Hair is displayed for sale in Justino Delgado's natural hair store in Madrid. With the economic crisis, more and more Spanish women are selling their hair to make ends meet, delighting Delgado, who exports it for wigs and extensions

    Crisis forcing hard-up Spaniards to sell their hair

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    MADRID (AFP) - - Cash-strapped Spaniards are pulling their hair out over the economic crisis -- literally.

  • A father and child stop to look at the Christmas display at Macy's department store in New York. US retailers are taking desperate measures to spark holiday sales in the face of what promises to be another troubled year-end shopping season.

    Desperate retailers seek holiday season rescue

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - US retailers are taking desperate measures to spark holiday sales in the face of what promises to be another troubled year-end shopping season.

  • Tourists love to watch herds of elephants trekking across Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, but nearby farmers watch in dismay when the animals trample their crops, leaving them little to eat.

    Botswana tries spicy solution to keep elephants at bay

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    GABORONE (AFP) - - Tourists love to watch herds of elephants trekking across Botswana's famed Okavango Delta, but nearby farmers watch in dismay when the animals trample their crops, leaving them little to eat.

  • Autism champions cry foul over use of labelling in black propaganda

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    ''Better autistic than corrupt.'Last week, a mother made this bold statement in an open letter that circulated in the internet.

  • An open letter to Senator Noynoy Aquino from a mother of an autistic child

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    Ravenous greed is a much harder disorder to treat, as are immorality, shamelessness, corruption, and vice.

  • Helping persons with autism help themselves

    Manila Bulletin - Sunday, November 22

    ''Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

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