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King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and the Ministry of Education yesterday honored winners of the National Olympiad for Mathematics and Physics (NOMP).

The Taekwondo star who became Afghanistan’s first ever Olympic medalist at the Beijing Games in 2008 wants to repeat the feat in London — in the hope of bringing peace to his troubled homeland.

A shared passion for football is uniting Buddhists and Muslims in Thailand’s restive south, where grassroots efforts to find elusive peace are gaining ground after years of bloodshed.

PARIS: Ahead of yesterday’s Champions League final and with Euro 2012 just around the corner, animals of all shapes and sizes queued up to succeed Paul the Octopus, the famous clairvoyant Cephalopod

Bone-white sand squeaks beneath your feet, the curved beach framed by lush forested hills, empty but for a handful of expats and intrepid tourists who have got wind of Sierra Leone’s raw beau

The Predator 92 Sport boasts the addition of a sleek flybridge as standard, without breaking the series’ distinctive styling.

FERRARI’S exclusive new 8-cylinder, the 458 Spider has finally been unveiled to the public at the 64th Frankfurt International Motor Show.

THE 2012 Vulcan 1700 Classic ABS represents the latest evolution of Kawasaki’s big-bore V-Twin cruisers.

CHICAGO: Police and FBI officials were poring over more than 100 tips as they hunted for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in the silver s