PARIS (AFP) - Ahead of the Paris couture shows, top designers have joined a tricky exercise to glam up one of the world's most traditional pieces, the abaya -- the long black overgarment worn by millions of Arab women. Unveiled the same week that French President Nicolas Sarkozy unleashed a storm ...

THE reviews for Michelle Obama on her overseas debut as First Lady have been fulsome but some of the best-known names in American fashion are not among the cheerleaders. Mrs Obama has mixed her sartorial sources during her first foreign foray - switching between young foreign-born US designers ...

An Iraqi police official says that a bomb planted in a parked car killed four people and wounded six, including three policemen, in the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad. The official says Tuesday's blast occurred at 7:30 a.m. (local time) on amajor Central Street used by local government officials ...

A six-member team has been formed to investigate the bomb blast which killed at least 14 persons including 10 PAF men on Tuesday. The team comprises of SSP Investigation Ghulam Muhammad, SP City Investigation Rab Nawaz, DSP Investigation City Shah Nawaz, COU Kotwali Inayat Allah, COU Bhana Marri ...

The Beijing Olympics 2008 has been declared opened amid a colourful ceremony, which was promised to be a spectacular Olympic opening gala, here today. The three-hour show at Beijing's iconic "Bird's Nest" national stadium is being attended by many international personalities including ...