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Mo Farah is looking forward to taking the longest break from running since he started beating the world. Then, on his return from lazing on Sir Richard Branson’s Pacific Ocean paradise isle, Britain’s finest athlete is being urged by the great Haile Gebrselassie to dream of making outlandish Olympic history. By Ian Chadband After aiming to...

GOVERNMENTS AND religious scholars from Somalia to Pakistan these days are engaged in a task that is more easily said than being done. Their intention is to speak up against militant groups who, of late, had created a state within a state, and busy gunning down sectarian opponents for no rhyme or reason. The trend...

By EMMA INNES Adults who have a lot of cavities in their teeth are less likely to get mouth or throat cancer, a study has suggested.  The researchers believe that this is because the lactic acid produced by bacteria in cavities can actually prevent cancer cells from developing. People with a lot of cavities are thought...

By REBECCA CAMBER Peter Murphy stopped proceedings last month when she refused to lift her niqab to confirm her identity at a plea hearing. The 22-year-old woman, who is accused of witness intimidation, said she would not lower her full-face covering with men in the room. She claimed it was against her beliefs to allow any...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — American jihadi Omar Hammami was murdered “in cold blood,” said a Somalia-based Islamic center, backing up reports that the rapping militant from Alabama was killed Thursday by his rivals within the Somali Islamic extremist group al-Shabab. The Islamic World Issues Study Center published a tribute online in which it describes the killings...

Ethiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, won the Passenger Choice Awards for “Best Regional Airline in Africa” on September 9, 2013 at a gala event held in Anaheim, California. According to a statement from the Ethiopian, the Passenger Choice Awards were created by the USA based Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) to give...

The Security Council today welcomed the deployment of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia – established three months ago in the Somali capital of Mogadishu – and looked forward to the mission playing an effective role in support of the long-troubled country’s Federal Government. In a press statement, the Council welcomed the deployment of...

Ayman al-Zawahiri, in audio speech, calls on his followers to strike inside US to “bleed America financially The leader of al-Qaeda has urged his followers to strike inside the US to “bleed America economically”, adding that the United States can be defeated by targeting its economy, according to a message posted on a website frequently...

Doctors have discovered what music-lovers always guessed – music touches places nothing else can reach, says Ivan Hewett By Ivan Hewett In its onward march, science is always trampling over folk-wisdom. But sometimes a piece of research comes along which shows folk-wisdom might have a point after all. There’s been one in the past week, in...