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LONDON — Thousands of UK websites are expected to be in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors. European laws that define what details sites can record in text files called cookies come into force on 26 May. Cookies are widely used to customise what repeat visitors see on a site and by advertisers to track users online. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it would offer help to non-compliant sites rather
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Usually a jamboree of youthful exuberance — and questionable taste — this year’s Eurovision Song Contest
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
AUSTIN, Texas — Just two days on the job, pop queen Britney Spears is proving to be a popular judge on the “The X Factor.” She’s
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
HAIL — The French government’s decision to ban all “conspicuous religious symbols” including the hijab in schools and
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
WASHINGTON — Politicians are famous for tooting their own horns, but not many would offer up riding an ostrich as a qualification to be elected
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
CANNES — While attending the Cannes International Film Festival, Lebanese actress and Miss Lebanon 2004 Lamitta Frangieh got a chance
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
CANNES, France — Director Jeff Nichols wraps up the competition lineup at Cannes wading deep in the Mississippi river, with “Mud,”
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
CAIRO — Safwat Ghatas, the producer of the TV series “Firqat Naji Attallah” (“Naji Attallah Team”) starring Adel Emam,
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
MADINAH — Police here were on full alert when several people reported seeing a lion in the mountains of Wadi Al-Baida, which is a picturesque
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
TOKYO — A Japanese man’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle that washed up on the shores of western Canada more than a year after it was
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
QUNFUDAH — Ninety-six-year-old Khalil Al-Salami celebrated his second marriage to a young woman in Qunfudah recently, Okaz daily reported. Many
Sunday, 27 - May 2012
DUBAI — During her appearance on the “Saula” TV show on Dubai TV, Moroccan singer Asma Al Munawar told host Asala Nasri she
