The sirens ring again
Sirens at sunset, mingling their ominous wail with the muezzins' call to prayer, signalled another sleepless, death-filled night for Dr Ali Ghazala and his staff at Baghdad's Al Yarmouk hospital. The B-52s were on their way back.

AIDS awareness to be part of Bangla imams' sermons
Threatened with an HIV epidemic, Bangladesh is turning to its orthodox imams for help in creating awareness about the virus.

Missing from the cosy scene
This is the moment the Clinton-haters have dreamed about and schemed about for months. Barring a last-minute turnaround by Republican moderates, the US House of Representatives will impeach the Man from Hope.

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