MotoGP Moves to Solar Power

Okay, sort of...The average MotoGP race weekend, (as if anything about it is 'average') embraces consumption of goods and materials on a seven-deadly-sins sort of level. Ducati's satellite racing team, Alice, is...

Six Authors Shortlisted for Arabic Fiction Prize

At a time when much negative political attention has been centred on the Arab world, it is encouraging to see the establishment of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, an award that will bring...

'Papa Pilgrim' pleads no contest to sex charges

A self-styled religious patriarch known as "Papa Pilgrim" pleaded no contest Tuesday to felony charges including incest. Robert Hale, 65, was accused of molesting one of his 15 children over a seven-year span, including a period when his family lived in seclusion at...

Lebanon warns militant groups against violating the ceasefire

"Beirut: Lebanon's Defence Minister on Sunday said any group breaking the cease-fire in southern Lebanon would be ``decisively dealt with'' and would be considered a traitor. Defence Minister Elias Murr's comments apparently were to air concerns that factions other than...

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