The Little Prince drops in on Brazil
AFP - Saturday November 7, 09:57 AM
SAO PAULO (AFP) - The Little Prince, the intergalactic boy traveler part of many childhoods around the world, is visiting Brazil in a show also honoring his adventuresome creator.

Chanel in court accused of counterfeiting
AFP - Saturday November 7, 09:31 AM
PARIS (AFP) - French fashion giant Chanel was accused in court Friday of stealing a supplier's design in a case that could have a bearing on the rights of skilled artisans toiling in the luxury industry.

New Trotsky exhibition opens in Russia
AFP - Saturday November 7, 07:35 AM
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) - An exhibition on Leon Trotsky, one of the architects of the 1917 Russian Revolution, opened in Saint Petersburg on Friday -- the eve of the uprising's 92nd anniversary.

Card sharks eye $8.5 mln poker jackpot
AFP - Saturday November 7, 06:05 AM
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) - A logger from rural America who lives in a trailer is among nine card players eying a 8.5-million-dollar jackpot as the climax of the World Series of Poker gets underway here Saturday.

Kashmiri saffron industry withers
AFP - Saturday November 7, 04:26 AM
PAMPORE, India (AFP) - Saffron spice cultivation should be a growth industry for Indian Kashmir as it begins to recover from decades of unrest, but drought, pollution and corruption are threatening its future.

Gay rights a tall order in ex-communist bloc
AFP - Saturday November 7, 03:45 AM
VILNIUS (AFP) - Twenty years on from the fall of the Iron Curtain, Eastern Europe's homosexuals say they still face a tough struggle for equal rights, plus the kind of verbal abuse and violence rarely seen in the West anymore.

Hollywood eyes world domination with 'RISK'
AFP - Thursday November 5, 10:08 AM
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Sony Pictures Entertainment is eyeing global domination after acquiring rights to make a movie version of the classic boardgame "RISK", a statement said Wednesday.

In Ethiopia disabled people get jobs, not hand-outs
AFP - Thursday November 5, 06:34 AM
ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - In the streets of the Ethiopian capital hundreds of disabled people beg, some from makeshift wheelchairs, the less fortunate dragging themselves on their hands from car to car.

Italy unites to condemn crucifix ruling
AFP - Thursday November 5, 06:34 AM
ROME (AFP) - Italian political leaders of left and right were united with the Vatican Wednesday in condemning a European court ruling that crucifixes displayed in schools are a breach of human rights.

Maine voters reject same-sex marriage
AFP - Thursday November 5, 06:34 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Maine voters have rejected a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, in a major setback to gay rights advocates hoping the northeastern US state would become the first in the country where voters directly approve gay marriage.