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Downtown Cairo restaurant turns pasta into a favorite breakfast

Downtown Cairo restaurant turns pasta into a favorite breakfast

Many believe that fava beans, falafel and cheese are the routine breakfast of average Egyptians, but a 62-year-old downtown Cairo…
Ugandan designers seek cut of Africa fashion market

Ugandan designers seek cut of Africa fashion market

Mention African style and the fashion crowd thinks Lagos, or Johannesburg. But Uganda's emerging designers -- using a mix of…
India to raise age for tobacco purchases, ban single sales

India to raise age for tobacco purchases, ban single sales

Health campaigners Wednesday welcomed India's plans to raise the age for tobacco purchases to 25 and ban unpackaged cigarettes, hailing…
Celebrated California farm sows seeds for next generation

Celebrated California farm sows seeds for next generation

Growing up among rows of purple haze carrots, delicate Mara des Bois strawberries and corn sweet enough to eat raw,…
Exercising three times a week significantly cuts depression risk

Exercising three times a week significantly cuts depression risk

Exercising three times a week reduces the odds of developing depression by around 16 percent, scientists said on Wednesday --…
France awards highest honour to modest WWII spy heroine

France awards highest honour to modest WWII spy heroine

A World War II heroine who parachuted behind German lines on "perilous" spy missions, but was so modest she only…
Swedish Merlot, anyone? Warmer world boosts Nordic tipples

Swedish Merlot, anyone? Warmer world boosts Nordic tipples

On one of the world's northernmost frontiers, grapevines are growing on hillsides and talk among some farmers is about terroir…
Denmark is world’s most connected country

Denmark is world’s most connected country

Denmark has overtaken South Korea as the world's top country for cellphone and Internet use, a study released Monday said.In…
Survey concludes Internet access should be a human right

Survey concludes Internet access should be a human right

Affordable access to the Internet should be a human right, as it represents hope for political freedom and economic prosperity…
Multi-national crew reaches space station

Multi-national crew reaches space station

A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan on Sunday to deliver three new crew members…
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