The Media Line Staff Dubai, United Arab Emirates Michael Grubb – Dubai International Airport, the largest in the Gulf, is outpacing the world aviation industry’s recovery this year as it capitalizes on its role as a pivot for business travelers arbitraging between a struggling Europe and the burgeoning economies of Asia. But analysts warn that [...]

Stephanie Sims – AHN Entertainment Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Tom Ford took a six-year break from womenswear, but he’s announced his return. After showing his new womenswear collection in New York during fashion week in September, he said he will reveal the entire collection to the public. The spring 2011 collection [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Families of 9/11 victims asked the Justice Department on Thursday to continue its original plan of prosecuting suspects of the terror attacks in civilian courts. The appeal was in response to comments by Attorney General Eric Holder that a decision on the trial [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The son of a New York University vice president was shot and wounded during a drug related shooting in his ritzy Bleecker Street apartment. Alex Bongard, 24, and Luke Hinde, 31, were reportedly selling marijuana from Bongard’s third-floor apartment about 11:30 [...]

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – A federal district court judge has approved a settlement agreement in which a New York school district will pay $25,000 in damages to a student it punished in May for wearing a rosary to school, according to the American Center for Law [...]

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Three New York City teachers have been fired for improper conduct with students on Facebook. In addition to “friending” too many students and posting inappropriate comments, one teacher’s Facebook friendship with a former student led to a sexual relationship. Chadwin Reynolds, [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Albany, NY, United States (AHN) – Former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi has pleaded guilty to accepting gifts in return for $250 million worth of investments from the state pension fund. Hevesi admitted to receiving nearly $1 million in gifts from Markstone Capital Partners in exchange for approving [...]

Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Sexually-active American teenagers were found to be more “safe-sex” conscious than baby boomers according to the largest, most comprehensive national survey of Americans’ sexual behavior since 1994. The survey, filling 130 pages of a special issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine [...]

AHN News Staff New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Denmark topped the list of countries best to do business. The list was prepared by Forbes.com for the fifth year. It is the third consecutive year that Denmark was named number one. The ranking was based on 11 categories. Denmark topped five of the categories [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United States Congress acted on Friday to open the gates of retaliation against China for their failure to appreciate their currency, the yuan (or renminbi). The action, taken after repeated diplomatic efforts to resolve the ongoing currency dispute, is intended to send [...]