PEMBROKE PINES, Florida, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Just a month shy of the US presidential elections, polls suggest the path to the White House may wind through a few domino halls, and past a crochet class or two.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - Children are aware white males have monopolized the US presidency, and most attribute the trend to racial prejudice, according to a study published Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - Children are aware white males have monopolized the US presidency, and most attribute the trend to racial prejudice, according to a study published Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2, 2008 (AFP) - When people feel they have lost control of a situation they are often inclined to use paranoia or superstition as an explanation to establish some control, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

CHICAGO, Sept 28, 2008 (AFP) - Ford's iconic Model T was built for the common man and began to transform the American landscape soon after it first rolled out of a Detroit factory a hundred years ago this week.

It wasn't the first car aimed at the masses, but it was the first to succeed in getting average Americans to look past horses and trolleys to the freedom of the open road.

ATHENS, Sept 26, 2008 (AFP) - Greece's Council of State voted Friday to back a law which will legalise cremation, despite fierce opposition from the dominant Orthodox Church.

The approval of the Council of State, which is at the same time, an administrative organ and the Supreme Administrative Court, means the order will now become law.

NEW YORK, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) - An angry US public and Congress pushed Thursday to snip the rip cord on golden parachutes used by fat cat CEOs to escape Wall Street's mayhem.

Democrats in Congress insisted that an emergency multi-billion dollar government bailout for the financial industry include restrictions on executive pay.

NEW YORK, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) - An angry US public and Congress demanded Thursday to snip the rip cord on golden parachutes used by fat cat CEOs to escape Wall Street's mayhem.

Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress insisted that an emergency multi-billion dollar government bailout for the financial industry include restrictions on executive pay.

NEW YORK, Sept 26, 2008 (AFP) - An angry US public and Congress are pushing to snip the rip cord on golden parachutes used by fat cat CEOs to escape Wall Street's mayhem.

NEW YORK, Sept 25, 2008 (AFP) - An angry US public and Congress pushed Thursday to snip the rip cord on golden parachutes used by fat cat CEOs to escape the mayhem on Wall Street.

Democrats in Congress insisted that an emergency multi-billion dollar government rescue package for the financial system include restrictions on executive pay.

OTTAWA, Sept 23, 2008 (AFP) - Six candidates have so far withdrawn from Canada's elections for past misbehaviors, believed as of Tuesday to be the most to quit a Canadian race in mid-heat.

Several others also faced flak or ridicule for missteps early on in the campaign for an October 14 vote, but remained steadfast.

NEW YORK, Sept 19, 2008 (AFP) - He's had a few beers, many probably, but when Mike Fasone gazes at Yankee Stadium and declares the end of history, he's talking sober.

'It's terrible,' lamented the rugged, loud-talking paramedic of 34 when asked how he feels about Sunday, when the final game is played at the most storied venue in US sport, and baseball's 'cathedral,' is demolished.

NEW YORK, Sept 18, 2008 (AFP) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the US money heap, displacing investor Warren Buffett as America's richest person, Forbes magazine's latest list reveals.

With 57 billion dollars net worth Gates again leads the list of 400 richest individuals in the world's wealthiest country.

PARIS, September 12, 2008 (AFP) - Whether cocoon or status symbol, home sweet homes are returning to designer-simple and basically natural values, say trend-spotters at Europe's biggest home design show held in Paris this week.

WARSAW, September 8, 2008 (AFP) - A 45-year-old Polish man was arrested Monday on suspicion of having confined and raped his daughter, now aged 21, for six years, Polish police announced Monday.

The man, whose identity was not made public, was arrested in Siedlce, central Poland, while he was attempting to escape.

TBILISI, September 4, 2008 (AFP) - Russia and Georgia are at daggers drawn, but when it comes to culture and particularly the Russian language, they are strangely drawn together.

NEW ORLEANS, September 1, 2008 (AFP) - With owners bidding a tearful farewell, thousands of pets were evacuated from New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Gustav in a bid to avoid the mass heartache of Hurricane Katrina.

'I will miss you so much. Take care baby. I love you,' said Rosemary Jarreau, a 50-year-old resident of New Orleans, as she put her dog in a plastic moving container.

RIYADH, August 28, 2008 (AFP) - A court in conservative Muslim Saudi Arabia has ruled against a man who had disowned his daughter for 50 years after accepting the results of a DNA paternity test, a report said on Thursday.

NEW YORK, August 26, 2008 (AFP) - It's a dog's life during hard economic times. But Chihuahuas in a tutu? Pugs in designer tank-tops? Dachshunds draped in Swarovski bling?

SEOUL, August 23, 2008 (AFP) - North Korea, facing its worst food shortage in nearly a decade, has come up with a culinary innovation aimed at delaying the feeling of hunger -- noodles made from soybean, a report said Saturday.

An American believed to be the world`s tallest woman has died, nursing home staff told AFP Thursday

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Swiss carnivores will breathe a sigh of relief after producers told Swiss media Sunday that the ...

Swiss carnivores will breathe a sigh of relief after producers told Swiss media Sunday that the ...

Swiss carnivores will breathe a sigh of relief after producers told Swiss media Sunday that the ...

Kremena Dimitrova, one of thousands of Bulgarian pensioners who have to work to make ends meet, is ...

Kremena Dimitrova, one of thousands of Bulgarian pensioners who have to work to make ends meet, is ...

Kremena Dimitrova, one of thousands of Bulgarian pensioners who have to work to make ends meet, is ...

Kremena Dimitrova, one of thousands of Bulgarian pensioners who have to work to make ends meet, is ...

Sitting in her quiet shoe store on the main shopping street of this far northern Japanese town, 79-year-old Yoshiko Sugawara wonders what exactly the huge red object was supposed to be

Officials in Singapore have changed the direction of the world`s biggest observation wheel because feng shui masters said it was taking good fortune away from the city, a report said Saturday

ROME, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - A senior prosecutor has moved to overturn an appeal court decision that cleared doctors to stop feeding a patient in a coma for 16 years, Italian newspapers citing legal sources reported Friday.

RIYADH, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested a man working for the country's vice squad who is accused of having six wives, two more than allowed under Islamic law, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

BEIJING, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Residents in Olympic host city Beijing have lost some enthusiasm for the upcoming Games, mainly on the back of increased worries about terrorism, a new survey released Thursday has found.

KHARTOUM, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Villagers complained Tuesday that a massive hydro-power, Chinese-engineered dam under construction in Sudan had deliberately flooded seven small villages and left 200 families homeless.

NICOSIA, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Traumatised by sexual assaults which began when she was eight and became full rape when she was 11, the young girl finally saw her stepfather jailed by a court in the Greek Cypriot side of Cyprus.

TEHRAN, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Iranians are grappling with daily power blackouts, lonq queues at petrol stations and warnings of water cuts, while the situation could worsen if the international community imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear drive.