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Soccer Star Benched for Fasting During Ramadan
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which falls on different dates of the Western calendar each year, began on Aug. 21 in 2009, just in time for another event in Europe with near religious significance: the kickoff of soccer season. But the timing has sparked controversy in Italy, where in the past four days both a prominent coach and a team owner in the top Serie A league have linked the rigors of Ramadan’s sunrise-to-sunset fasting to Muslim players’ poor performance on the pitch
Four former presidents to attend funeral of Ted Kennedy
All four living former presidents are expected to join President Obama at Saturday’s funeral Mass for Sen. Ted Kennedy, family and law enforcement sources indicated Thursday
Jon Gosselin never said he wants off the show
Don’t count Jon Gosselin out of the picture just yet. Reports of his saying he’s ready to withdraw from TLC’s “Jon & Kate Plus 8” are not only premature — they just aren’t true
Child bride’s nightmare after divorce
It is midday and girls are flooding out of school, but Nujood Ali is not among them. We find her at the family’s two-room house in an impoverished suburb of the city where Nujood is angry, combative and yelling
Obama to eulogize Kennedy at Boston church
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Mourinho’s Ramadan row over Muntari
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho is under fire from a Muslim leader in Italy after his criticism of Sulley Muntari for fasting during Ramadan. Ghana midfielder Muntari was taken off after just half an hour of Inter’s disappointing 1-1 home draw against Bari as they began their defense of the Serie A title on Sunday
Inside al Qaeda underground torture bunkers
The hot wind swirls around the human bones and cracked skulls that litter the forsaken desert lands in Western Iraq.
Child bride show attracts viewers, critics
Dressed in fancy clothes, she applies eye liner, dabs her nose with a powder puff and the director shouts, "Silence, rolling!" On cue, the star of the show delivers her lines. Meet Anandi, the main character of “Balika Vadhu,” an Indian television serial. Twelve-year-old Anandi is a child bride who was married off at the age of eight.
Man charged over footballer stabbing
A 25-year-old man has been charged over the horrific stabbing incident which left English Premier league footballer Calum Davenport in a serious condition in hospital with leg wounds.