Tourists visit cocaine drug lords in Rio de Janeiro
6 May, 2008
A Rio de Janeiro tour company could be in trouble for giving tourists too intimate a view of life in the city's notorious slums, including photo opportunities with drug gang leaders.
License plates sold for nearly $10 million in UAE
5 May, 2008
An auction for 57 special car registration plates fetched some 9.8 million dollars Friday, with the double-digit plate 50 G being sold for $926,000.
2008 'Follow the Women' bike ride in Lebanon
5 May, 2008
Beirut - The follow the women organization has released the following on the occasion of the bike ride which will start in Lebanon and ends in Palestine in 2008 .
Sfeir off to USA with stops in Qatar, South Africa & Spain
4 May, 2008
Beirut- Lebanon's Christian Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir left on Sunday for Qatar where he will perform a mass on Sunday at Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic church
Lebanese in Virginia preaches lessons learned from civil war
4 May, 2008
By Gene Marrano
From his childhood in Lebanon to his present and greatly appreciated life in the Roanoke Valley as a physician and internal medicine specialist at Lewis-Gale Medical Center, Roy Habib felt he had a story to tell.
The New Levantine Style
3 May, 2008
By Andrew Lee Butters, TIME
Lebanon's contradictions - it's the geographic and figurative bridge between East and West, modern and traditional, Muslim and Christian - have been a source of both instability and inspiration.
Lesbians unhappy with Gay women
1 May, 2008
By Nicholas Paphitis
Lesbos, Greece - Three islanders from Lesbos - home of the ancient poet Sappho, who praised love between women - have taken a gay rights group to court for using the word lesbian in its name.
Palestinians in Lebanon protest against living conditions
1 May, 2008
Beirut - With inflation in double digits and the cost of living rising, the government has proposed raising the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, but Palestinians say they continue to be marginalized in the labor market.
No sex please, we're Iranians
1 May, 2008
By Ramin Mostaghim & Raed Rafei
Tehran, Iran - No sex allowed. Not even consensual sex between a wife and husband.
Haifa covers up body to sing in Bahrain
1 May, 2008
Beirut & Manama - Haifa Wehbe, Lebanon's unofficial sex symbol, performed in Bahrain despite a controversial attempt by the ultra-conservative parliament to stop the show.
Jesus is Muslim in Iran
30 April, 2008
By Jeffrey Fleishman
Tehran - A man wrapped in a shawl stood at the door. "This is Jesus," said another man.
Ronaldo in hiding following transvestite trauma
30 April, 2008
Ronaldo went into hiding Tuesday after a run-in with cross-dressing prostitutes that prompted police to investigate whether to charge one with trying to extort money from the soccer star.
French leader looks to eBay for 'money, money, glorious money'
30 April, 2008
French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen is looking to make a bit of extra cash by putting his old bullet-proof car up for sale on eBay.
The show goes on for Haifa Wehbe in Bahrain
30 April, 2008
Efforts by conservative MP's to ban Haifa Wehbe from a major concert in Bahrain fell through, allowing her to perform on Labor Day on Wednesday.
First women's football championship launched in Lebanon
30 April, 2008
Beirut - The Lebanese Football Federation launched the first soccer championship exclusively for women, during a ceremony in Beirut on Tuesday.
PM doubles as Top Chef in Thailand
30 April, 2008
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej confirmed Tuesday that he would personally cook for his visiting Myanmar counterpart but declined to reveal what delicacy he would be serving up.
Moscow's decadent nightlife a playground for billionaires
29 April, 2008
By Clarissa Ward
From Miami to London to Beirut, I have been awed by $3,000 magnums of champagne served with fireworks, but only in decadent Moscow can one easily blow through $40,000 in one night.
Ronaldo's prostitute turns out to be a transvestite
29 April, 2008
Soccer star Ronaldo was questioned by police early Monday after a run-in with Brazilian transvestites in a Rio de Janeiro motel.
Free Viagra for Chilean seniors
29 April, 2008
For the first time in Chile, a mayor plans to give out free Viagra to men 60 and older in his town to improve their "quality of life" four times a month, according to media reports.
Iran fears Barbie dolls will destroy their culture
28 April, 2008
Tehran - A top Iranian judiciary official has warned against the "destructive" cultural and social consequences of importing Barbie dolls and other Western toys.
