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Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are in their eighth decade and in need of repair. Credit Smithsonian National Museum of American History

U.S. Campaign to Repair Dorothy’s Slippers from The Wizard of Oz

by Graham Bowley | Oct 21, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

New York-They are just a pair of shoes, but what a pair of shoes. Possibly the most famous footwear in America, a pair of Dorothy’s ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie “The Wizard of Oz” are showing their age. So the Smithsonian Institution, home...

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Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, in this picture illustration taken January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

European Central Bank: Eurozone Economy to Improve, but there are Risks

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 21, 2016 | Business

Frankfurt-The eurozone economy should continue to improve slowly, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday, with inflation creeping up in the coming months. But the risks are to the downside, he said, meaning performance is more likely to be worse...

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Refugee schoolchildren receive their new books on the first day of the new school year at one of the UNRWA schools at a Palestinian refugee camp al Wehdat, in Amman, Jordan, September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Jordanian Educator Arrested for Shi’ite Indoctrination of Pupils

by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Oct 21, 2016 | Middle East

Amman- Jordan police arrested a public school teacher on Thursday under suspicions of preaching Shi’ism and calling on the indoctrination of pupils. The educator was cited using profanity to demote Prophet Mohammed’s wife, sources said. Jordan remains a Sunni Muslim...

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Jamie McGoldrick, United Nations Resident Coordinator for Yemen, speaks during a news conference at the United Nations building in Sana’a, Yemen, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

YCMHRV: Violations of Yemen’s 4th Truce by Houthis, Saleh Supporters

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 21, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh- On Wednesday midnight, 20 Oct. -Yemen’s fourth 2016 ceasefire went into effect. The first truce during the year and a half war between the army supported by national resistance from one side and the Houthis and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh from another...

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Men inspect a damaged site after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

Mosul and Aleppo: The War of Two Cities

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Oct 21, 2016 | Opinion

While everyone’s eyes are looking at the somehow – already determined – battle in Mosul against the terrorist organization ISIS, Aleppo in Syria is getting ready to face its fate after both the Russians and the Iranians refused the international calls for...