The News & Observer National campaign wants to make Yom Kippur No-Device Day' | Can Jews turn off their cell phones for the High Holy Days? | Can they resist hiding their BlackBerrys under their prayer books? Can they thwart the urge to take a "bathroom break" during services w... (photo: WN / sweet)
The News & Observer Muslims to gather Friday for Eid al-Fitr | Thousands of Muslims around the nation will hold their Eid al-Fitr prayer services on Friday morning. | It commemorates the completion of Ramadan, the month of fasting. This is a major holiday, with... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
The Daily Telegraph Wine words baffle us, survey says It's the moment many people dread - when they are asked to chose the wine. Not only do they not know what to pick, they don't even know how to pronounce it, according to a survey. | Red wine being pou... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) DrinkersGrapesPhotosRestaurantWikipedia: Wine
The New York Times EU Calls 'Barbaric' Plans to Stone Iranian Woman | Filed at 5:26 a.m. ET | BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union has condemned the death sentence by stoning for a widowed Iranian woman convicted of adultery. | European Commission President Jose Manuel... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber) BarrosoDeathEUPhotosPlans
Al Jazeera Deported Roma eye return to France | | Just over a week ago Florin and his family, like 1,000 other Roma, boarded a plane in Paris and flew home to Romania. | They accepted tickets and a small ... (photo: Creative Commons / Softwarehistorian) FamilyFranceHomePhotosWikipedia: Paris