French minister pledges to help save Iranian woman | Paris: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he is willing to "do anything" to save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction and has offered to travel to the I... (photo: AP / Francois Mori) Gulf News
Afghanistan's most unusual parliamentary contenders Campaigning has intensified in Afghanistan as the country's parliamentary elections draw closer. | About 2,500 candidates are standing for 249 seats in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of pa... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) BBC News
Freedom's Just Another Word | AMONG the few scraps of news to emerge from Barack Obama’s vacation was the anecdote of a Martha’s Vineyard bookseller handing him an advance copy of Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, ... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske)The New York Times BookFreedomPhotosVineyardWikipedia: Freedom
Bruni branded prostitute in Iran | Tehran, August 30: French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni has been branded as "prostitute" in Iran after she opposed an Iranian court's ruling of awarding ... (photo: AP / Michel Euler, file)The Siasat Daily BruniIranOpposedPhotosProstitute
Observing Ramadan | * Ramadan is the ninth month of the year in the Islamic calendar, which is based on the lunar cycle. Muslims believe it was the month God revealed the Quran to the Prop... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)Philadelphia Daily News IslamicMuslimsPhotosRamadanWikipedia: Ramadan
