An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 14 men convicted of being homosexuals to three years in jail each for "abnormal" sexual relations, a defense lawyer said.

Faeces appears to be as unique as fingerprints, according to New Zealand research released Sunday which could impact on the growing push towards personalized medicine and tailored treatments.

The heart of Frederic Chopin, among the world's most cherished musical virtuosos, may finally have given up the cause of his untimely death.

An ultra-Orthodox minister in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government quit on Sunday in a dispute over work on the Sabbath, the Jewish day of rest.

The world's only particle accelerator dedicated to art was switched on at the Louvre in Paris Thursday to help experts analyse ancient and precious works.

Leave your coats, your pants and your inhibitions at the door: a Paris restaurant has begun serving up classic French fare to diners in the nude.

Located down a quiet side street in southwest Paris, O'naturel, billed as the French capital's first nudist restaurant, is the brainchild of 42-year-old twins Mike and Stephane Saada.

The Cannes film festival is to end decades of tradition next year by awarding its top Palme d'Or prize on a Saturday rather than a Sunday, its organizers said Wednesday.

On the initiative of LiBank S.A.L. (Levant Investment Bank), in partnership with M.media, and in collaboration with the Lebanese-Brazilian Cultural Institute, and co-organization of Né a Beyrouth Films, Dream Box Productions and Tripoli Film Festival; The Panorama of Lebanese Cinema Festival (Este Eo Libano: Panorama Do Cinema Libanes) will be launching a first of its kind event in Brazil.

The festival, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo between 23-29 November, will open with screenings of the film "The Insult" by director Ziad Doueiri (special private screenings on 21 and 22 November). It will be joined by many other wide-ranging films from Lebanese cinema, including Maroun Baghdadi's "Out of Life”, the latest documentary by Hadi Zakak “Ya Omri (104 Wrinkles)”, Doueiri’s debut film “West Beirut”, Nadine Labaki’s “Where Do We Go Now?”, "Very Big Shot” by Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya, and Ziad Rahbani’s classic play “What About Tomorrow?” and many more.

The 1969 murder spree by followers of Charles Manson spawned decades of fascination -- and revulsion -- with the apocalyptic cult leader and the grisly crimes committed at the height of the counter-culture movement.

For many at the time, Manson, with his crazed eyes, beard and long, unkempt hair, was the dark face of a drug-fueled hippie movement that was consuming America's youth.

Charles Manson, the psychopathic guru who masterminded a savage killing spree in the United States in the late 1960s that shocked the world, has died aged 83, California prison officials said.

Manson "died of natural causes at 8:13 pm (0213 GMT Monday) on Sunday" at a hospital in Kern County, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a brief statement.