UN praises Iranian ‘co-operation’ -of course they do.
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has said relations with Iran are shifting from confrontation to co-operation.
Woman sues over publication of photo
Dubai: A winner of a government academic excellence award is suing three of the award’s executives for publishing a photograph of her not wearing a niqab (face cover) without her consent.
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“Over and above, the photo was presented in a slide show presentation during the ceremony which was being aired live on local and Arab satellite televisions. My family and husband were shocked and devastated when they saw my picture& they even asked me to quit my job as a teacher and stay at home,” claimed the plaintiff in her lawsuit.
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The claimant alleged that publishing her photo without her niqab damaged her reputation amongst her conservative family and husband and ruined her status in her community.
Making a buck off Obama not as easy anymore
They cashed out retirement funds to build their business during the 2008 presidential campaign. Now they have 3,000 jack-in-the-boxes with smiling Barack Obama puppets inside — all sitting in a California warehouse, waiting to be sprung open for $29.95 apiece.
For Barack-in-the-Box creator Heather Courtney and her husband, David Manzo, the Obamamania that drove sales so fast they could barely keep up during the inauguration is over now. Sales have slowed to a “sporadic drizzle,” the 36-year-old artist said, in part because the president just isn’t as popular.
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