Doors Start to Open to Activists in Syria
ALEPPO, Syria — For five years, Chavia Ali’s attempts to start a disability rights group were thwarted — by prejudice, a lack of money and the Syrian government’s stranglehold on civic life. The government gave her a license, but prevented the group from meeting because of what Ms. Ali believes was a whisper campaign against her, a Kurd with a growing profile.
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At homespun state fairs, tradition still trumps technology
In 1932, when the Great Depression was getting its second wind, a New York-based wire editor for The Associated Press published a novel about the agricultural shows he remembered from his childhood in a middle-of-nowhere Iowa town that does not even exist anymore.
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Paris Hilton released after cocaine arrest: lawyer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Socialite, celebrity TV and Web site favorite Paris Hilton has been released by Las Vegas police after her arrest for possessing cocaine on Friday night, her lawyer said on Saturday.
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