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Modern Etiquette: Essential tips for the office party

Modern Etiquette: Essential tips for the office party

According to the 25th annual survey of corporate America’s holiday party plans, 96 percent of U.S. companies will host holiday…
Population Council holds conference on women empowerment in Upper Egypt

Population Council holds conference on women empowerment in Upper Egypt

Population Council’s Egypt office will host on Tuesday the final dissemination conference of ‘Neqdar Nesharek’- Arabic for “We Can Participate”…
Miss South Africa crowned Miss World

Miss South Africa crowned Miss World

Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the pageant's final in London on Sunday, with…
A lonely fight defending Egypt’s jailed dissidents

A lonely fight defending Egypt’s jailed dissidents

When a group of activists is arrested in Egypt, the call for help goes most often to lawyer Ragia Omran.…
Boat protest against Canaries oil prospecting

Boat protest against Canaries oil prospecting

Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary…
India Hindu group plans religious conversions at Christmas

India Hindu group plans religious conversions at Christmas

A Hindu priest-turned-lawmaker vowed on Friday to convert hundreds of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism on Christmas Day, despite a…
Pyramids, Sphinx, and Cairo Tower light up in orange to raise awareness against gender-based violence

Pyramids, Sphinx, and Cairo Tower light up in orange to raise awareness against gender-based violence

The Giza pyramids, Sphinx and Cairo Tower were lightened up in orange on Wednesday within efforts by the United Nations…
Tennessee attraction offers Zombie Santa and undead elves for charity

Tennessee attraction offers Zombie Santa and undead elves for charity

A Nashville-area haunted house is getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend, with Zombie Santa, his undead elves and one…
Time names Ebola fighters as ‘person’ of 2014

Time names Ebola fighters as ‘person’ of 2014

Time magazine on Wednesday named the medics who have treated patients struck with the killer Ebola virus as its "Person…
Honey, there’s a nuclear bomb in the yard

Honey, there’s a nuclear bomb in the yard

When a nuclear bomb landed in the Gregg yard in South Carolina in 1958, it left a big crater, killed…
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