"L/Cpl Hodge, who was drafted in to compete in the Miss World contest after Rachel Christie relinquished her title following her arrest over an alleged nightclub brawl, said she planned to join comrades on the frontline in Afghanistan.
CNN's Jack Cafferty, the most endearing of grumpy old men, offering one: "Rio has naked people dancing; Chicago has chubby people eating." Jack, then, while not wanting to seem unpatriotic, appeared to be rooting for Rio, but not just because of the nakedness issue.
This is a story of what may be one of the best-kept secrets in history - one that could, in time, heal the terrible rift that has torn the Land of Israel asunder.
IQRIT: Unlike other Palestinian refugees, the residents of the Arab village of Iqrit know for certain that Israel will one day allow them to return to their ancestral home. When they are dead.
Reverend Andrew Yates vicar of 13th century St Michael Penkivel threatens to sue Photographer Andy Craddock for the erotic photos taken in St Michael Penkivel. St Michael Penkivel is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom.
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I just watched a PBS show Independent Lens - Lioness, about five female troopers of the 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, and I am almost sick to my stomach that the US Military will use females in combat environments yet still will …
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It reads like a standard real estate contract between a Zionist institution and an Israeli couple. But it offers a rare glimpse into the bureaucratic smoke screen that helps ensure a strong Jewish presence on lands claimed by the Palestinians for a future state.
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A TEENAGE student who auctioned off her virginity in Germany is set to lose half the money to the tax office, with authorities claiming the act was "tantamount to prostitution".
Western Europe is abuzz with the latest flare-up in the war between the sexes, and for the moment, the Amazons seem to be winning.
The UNHCR keeps trying to get Arab nations to accept them, and they are consistently rebuffed. (Syria, Jordan and other Arab nations have taken in well over a million Iraqi refugees, but refuse to take these people.
The 11th annual Tel Aviv Gay Pride parade this summer will feature an event organizers believe to be the first ever for such an event anywhere in the world and certainly in Israel - two weddings, one of a gay couple and one of a lesbian pair.
Australia's Miss Universe contest, which bills itself as an event that promotes "healthy, proportioned bodies", has been accused of allowing a finalist who doctors complain is "skin and bones" and dangerously underweight.
"I'm asking for your help. I would like to meet an Israeli woman for marriage purposes," Abdullah, a resident of Saudi Arabia, said in a recent letter to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. "I have heard that the Israeli women are very smart and beautiful," he added.
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli appears on the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.
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Germany's most famous prostitute Domenica Niehoff – who gained fame for becoming advocate for the rights of sex workers in the 70s and 80s – has died after succumbing to serious illness this week.
The typical Hollywood superstar may be surrounded by fawning flunkeys who do absolutely everything for them. But Salma Hayek, it seems, is cast in a different mould.
Dear Carolyn: I'm interested in your thoughts about online dating. I'm getting a bit frustrated at my inability to meet women and was considering giving it a try. Is there still a social stigma attached to it?
One of India's top celebrities and Miss India 2001, Celinia Jaitley gave a big boost to the gay movement in India by launching a Facebook group page to have India's sodomy law repealed.
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A new analysis of archaeological remains might have solved the mystery of the elusive kapeleia, lively Greek taverns that have long puzzled archaeologists.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck filled guns and ammunition, police say.
"A Bosnian Muslim waitress has demanded compensation from the London bar where she worked over a red dress she was asked to wear, British media reported Thursday.
One very successful showgirl is Mara Carfagna, who left an uncertain singing career for politics. Berlusconi chose her for the slot of minister of equal opportunity — and both denied media reports that they were having an affair. More Articles
Watch this clip of Iranian policewomen in action, and you'll learn the following: These cops kick serious ass!
Mr Evans told Sky News that the BBC's director-general Mr Thompson "needs to issue an apology himself on behalf of the entire BBC".