Palestinians step up campaign for Gaza "Arab Idol" star
GAZA - Palestinian fans and big business are rallying behind a 22-year-old singer from the Gaza Strip in a final push to vote him the next "Arab Idol" in a TV talent contest choosing a winner in Beirut on Saturday.
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Palestinian tobacco faces threat from crackdown on black economy
YA'ABAD, West Bank - Palestinian farmers sow tobacco sprouts in the rocky earth of the northern West Bank, reaping a harvest that provides a reliable livelihood in the struggling occupied territory.
'No, we can't': Japan's conservative values collide with plan to mobilize women for economy
TOKYO - Days after Kaoru Shimada and other Japanese mothers rallied in Tokyo this year to press for more public daycare, she was shocked to read a local politician's blog blasting their "shameless" demands and asserting kids should be raised at home.
Britain's Kate to give birth in same hospital as Princess Diana
LONDON - Britain's Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, will give birth to the future heir to the British throne in the same hospital where the late Princess Diana gave birth to Princes William and Harry, royal sources said on Wednesday.
Italian designers Dolce and Gabbana convicted of tax evasion
MILAN - Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were handed a 20-month suspended prison sentence and a heavy fine on Wednesday for hiding hundreds of millions of euros from the Italian tax authorities.
Teens more resilient, tech savvy than older millennial: study
NEW YORK - Young teenagers who make up the second wave of millennials, the generation that began in the 1980s, are more resilient, adaptable and tech savvy than their older counterparts, according to a new study.
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