 Arab movies online for free? Why thank you, Rotana! Al-Bawaba Arabic media giant Rotana has launched a free online video-on-demand service in partnership with EGM Worldwide, to stream Arabic films, plays and TV series worldwide. RotanaCinema.com allows access to over 100,000 hours of entertainment, with daily ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Coventry High Athletic Director Nancy Levinson Dies At 59 Hartford Courant Nancy Levinson, the athletic director at Coventry High School since 1997, died Friday at Hartford Hospital after having a stroke last month. She was 59. Levinson was the driving force behind much of Coventry's recent athletic success. She was ... See all stories on this topic » |
| DARPA unveils its humanoid ATLAS robot (w/video) Nanowerk (Nanowerk News) On Monday, July 8, 2013, the seven teams that progressed from DARPA's VirtualRobotics Challenge (VRC) arrived at the headquarters of Boston Dynamics in Waltham, Mass. to meet and learn about their new teammate, the ATLAS robot. See all stories on this topic » |
 Syrian opposition: Assad's forces advance into rebel-held district of DamascusNBCNews.com (blog) Backed by guerrillas from the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, Assad has recaptured important regions in central Syria in the past two months, linking Damascus to his Alawite heartland on the coast. His troops now appear focused on eliminating the ... See all stories on this topic » |
 ActionAid launches tax justice campaign Ghana Business News Speaking at the launch of ActionAid's Tax Justice Campaign in Accra yesterday, Dr Siaw said no government “takes delight in over taxing its citizens and businesses”. The campaign, which is on the theme: “Progressive Tax, Progressive Spent”, is aimed at ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Christian Post Sources have told the Hollywood Reporter that some of the film's cast could appear at the exposition, which is sure to get Star Wars fans excited. Casting news for the latest Star Wars movie has not yet been completed, and the film is still in the ... See all stories on this topic » |
 iAfrica.com The Financial Times (FT) will soon cease publication of its weekend edition in South Africa amid speculation that China Daily's Africa Edition will function as its replacement. Speaking on The Money Show on Tuesday evening, Wits journalism Professor ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Hubble finds a true blue planetAstronomy Magazine Astronomers making visible-light observations with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have deduced the actual color of a planet orbiting another star 63 light-years away. The planet is HD 189733b, one of the closest exoplanets that can be seen crossing the ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Washington Post Beth Foster, a spokeswoman for National Geographic, said recently that the organization does not believe Steinmetz broke any laws and will provide him and Zhang with legal help, if necessary. She didn't immediately return an email from the AP on Thursday. See all stories on this topic » |
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 Concern at undetected cases as WHO holds coronavirus talks Reuters Global death toll at 45, most cases in Saudi Arabia. * WHO says many milder cases may go undetected. * Experts from affected countries confer by video link. By Stephanie Nebehay. GENEVA, July 9 (Reuters) - International health experts began urgent ... See all stories on this topic » |
The Independent All 16 members of the central committee which heads the governing party were removed, bar Assadhimself, who stayed on as Secretary General. “When a leader does not solve a series of errors, this leader must be held accountable,” said the Syrian ... See all stories on this topic » |
 The 'guardian coup' theory: Was Egypt's coup actually good for democracy? Washington Post (blog) There's little question that the Egyptian military's announcement that it had deposed President Mohamed Morsi met the definition of a military coup. The case that this was bad for democracy is pretty straightforward: Although the military may have been ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Washington Post NEW YORK — Elisabeth Hasselbeck is leaving the desk at “The View” for the couch on Fox NewsChannel's “Fox & Friends.” The news network said Tuesday that Hasselbeck will join co-anchors Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade on the three-hour morning ... See all stories on this topic » |
 Wall Street Journal Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs must take issue with a recent Asian Wall Street Journalop-ed entitled “Taiwan, an Island Adrift,” by William E. Sharp Jr., a professor of East Asian politics at Hawaii Pacific University, in which he argued that ... See all stories on this topic » |
| The Republic ROSWELL, New Mexico — Alien aficionados and students of UFO history are in Roswell this weekend for a conference on outer space visitors and the conspiracies to cover up their Earthly landings. The Roswell Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1bcaCkY ... See all stories on this topic » |
