The no-fear guide to travelling solo | Bad news for subscribers to the Noah's Ark School of Travel. It doesn't have to be done in pairs. More of us, sniff, are single now than ever, while fewer of our single friends can afford to come on... (photo: WN / marzena)The Times
The best new holidays for families | Stay in an igloo: La Plagne, France | The French Alpine resort of La Plagne adds a new twist to playing in the white stuff with the launch of its new "igloo village", imaginatively named Mon Village... (photo: WN / marzena)The Times
France refuses citizenship on forcing veil The French government has refused to give citizenship to a foreigner who has forced his French wife to wear a full-face Islamic veil, Immigration Minister Eric Besson said. | The announcement came jus... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)Khaleej Times EuropeFrancePhotosReligionWomen
Muslims around us | Last November, a referendum in Switzerland resulted in a ban on the building of Muslim minarets, the iconic towers on top of mosques with a crescent and star to symbolize Islam. | The ban was critic... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)Inquirer CountriesHeritageIslamPhotosReligion
Somali pirates hijack Libyan ship | Somali pirates have hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, taking its crew of 17 Romanians and Libyans hostage. | The MV Rim was seized outsi... (photo: AP / Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement)Al Jazeera LibyaPhotosPiratesRomaniaSomalia
China's global hunt for food security    | President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan has an unmatched survival instinct. | This, after all, is a man who came to power in the dying days of the Soviet Un... (photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO)Canada Dot Com AgricultureChinaFoodPhotosPopulation
Muslims around us | Last November, a referendum in Switzerland resulted in a ban on the building of Muslim minarets, the iconic towers on top of mosques with a crescent and star to symboli... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)Inquirer CountriesHeritageIslamPhotosReligion
