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  • Common foot deformities like bunion could be inherited

    White men and women of European descent inherit common foot disorders, such as bunions (hallux valgus) and lesser toe deformities, including hammer or claw toe, a new study has revealed. Findings from the Framingham Foot Study is the first to estimate the heritability of foot disorders in humans. Previous studies show that as many as 60 percent of older adults have foot disorders which may ...

  • Roberto Carlos to coach Turkish Sivasspor club

    Former World Cup winner and Real Madrid star Roberto Carlos has agreed to coach Turkish Super League's Sivasspor club. Sivasspor officials announced that they had offered the coaching job to the Brazilian after former coach Riza Calimbay called it quits, reports Xinhua. Carlos, 40, reportedly accepted the offer after consulting with friends from his time with Fenerbahce. Carlos is currently ...

  • Chiranjeevi to inaugurate incredible India exhibition at Cannes today

    To promote India as a " Filming Destination", Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi will inaugurate incredible India exhibition at the 66th Cannes film festival in France today. The joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the festival is consequent to their entering into a Memorandum of Understanding to promote Cinema of India as a sub ...

  • EU urges Russia against introducing gay law

    The European Union (EU) has appealed to Russia not to introduce a law banning so-called "gay propaganda" . Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, intends to pass a law by the end of the current session (mid-July) banning dissemination of information among minors promoting homosexuality. Amendments will be made May 26-27, after which a working group will compile the draft law along ...

  • Radical Islamist Killed in Tunisia Street Protests

    Tunisian authorities say a street battle between radical Islamists and police has killed one Islamist protester on the outskirts of the capital, Tunis. Authorities said the man, in his late 20s, died of injuries sustained in Sunday's fighting in the Etadhamen district. The radical activists, also known as Salafists, threw stones at Tunisian police to protest a government ban on their annual ...

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Closer

Closer

Back in 1971, while writing about Mike Nichols boundary-pushing drama Carnal Knowledge, the film critic Pauline Kael noted, The characters are depersonalized from the start through the elimination of all the possibilities in their lives except sex drivesnot only love and work and ... ...

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  • Video Should Greece go back to the drachma

    Investors may not be worrying quite so much about Greece at the moment but a new political party could change that. The Plan B party supports leaving the euro and returning to the drachma. Hayley Platt asks whether it's likely to do any harm to the country's ...

  • Fakhriya Khalafova comments on “zero” points for Russia from Azerbaijan

    Azerbaijani member of jury Fakhriya Khalafova has commented on "zero" points for Russia from Azerbaijan. The statement made by Head of the Public Television of Azerbaijan Jamil Guliyev that Russia was to get a high score from Azerbaijan has caused a great resonance. Head of the Public Television made a statement on the fact of counting votes of Azerbaijani viewers in Russia's ...

  • Car bombs kill at least eight in Russias Dagestan

    By Steve Gutterman, Reuters MAKHACHKALA, Russia - Two car bombs exploded in Dagestan on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding about 20 others, investigators said, one of the deadliest attacks this year in a region plagued with violence linked to an Islamist insurgency.The blasts occurred in swift succession outside the headquarters of the court bailiffs' service in the ...

  • ICSS partners with European Lotteries to fight match-fixing and betting fraud

    May 20 - The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has signed an agreement with The European Lotteries that will see the organisations working together to fight match-fixing and betting fraud. The European Lotteries is the umbrella organisation of national lotteries across Europe and ICSS President Mohammed Hanzab (pictured top, right) said the agreement represents a crucial step in ...

  • The European Dream Fading Away

    Other News ) - The European Union has asked its citizens to brace for further economic misery. In a report on European economic prospects released on May 3, the European Commission said that further deterioration is expected to last at least until 2015. But, as every such report says, things will then get ...

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