Art & Culture

On International Day for Disaster Reduction, UN highlights key role of women and girls

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Women and girls must participate in poverty reduction, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction that will shape their future and those of their families and communities.

Bread for the World Video Wins Top Prize at Cause-Driven Film Festival

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New TV series takes viewers behind the scenes with HSI special agents at JFK

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Bride's Wedding Jitters May Forecast Stormy Marriage

Women hesitant to marry have much higher rate of divorce, study finds.

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Roma Hip-Hop and Rap Emerges Onto World Stage

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Islam and Christianity Can Live together without Hatred

The Holy Father paid a visit to the Maronite Patriarchate at Bkerke. Since 1832, Bkerke has been the winter residence of the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, while his summer residence is located at Dimane in northern Lebanon, The current Patriarch is His Beatitude Bechara Boutros Rai, O.M.M.

Hamptons International Film Festival - A Salute to Ann Roth

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Hamptons International Film Festival will honor Academy Award®-winning Costume Designer Ann Roth as part of the festival's 20th anniversary

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will co-present a special evening honoring the career of costume designer Ann Roth during The 20th Hamptons International Film Festival. Special guests include Ann Roth, Nathan Lane and Mike Nichols with CNN correspondent Alina Cho serving as host and moderator. The celebration will take place at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday, October 6th where Ms. Roth will receive The Hamptons International Film Festival's Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement in Costume Design.

London Olympic Games leave lasting legacy of positive social change – UN envoy

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Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace Wilfried Lemke.

Karimojong Kids Brave Urban Hardships

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Karimojong children clean beans to make money to feed their families, Kampala, Uganda, Aug. 23, 2012.

Disappearing Herds Threaten Culture, Livelihoods in Uganda

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A boy tends goats in Karamoja, Uganda, where traditional animal herding is giving way to agriculture, August 27, 2012.