The coldest place on earth is not, as one might expect, in Antarctica or Siberia. Believe it or not, it is in southern England. Champneys health resort in Hertfordshire specializes in Cryotherapy, a medical therapy that uses extreme cold to treat everything from sports injuries and psoriasis, to depression and fatigue, according British tabloid the Daily Mail. One staff reporter bravely volunteere

PARIS (AFP) ― Toddlers who have a diet high in processed foods may have a slightly lower IQ in later life, according to a British study described as the biggest research of its kind.The conclusion, published on Monday, comes from a long-term investigation into 14,000 people born in western England in 1991 and 1992 whose health and well-being were monitored at the ages of three, four, seven and eig

 VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- Empowering blondes or stereotyping them? The jury is out on a Lithuanian company that plans to build a ``fantasy resort'' staffed only by blondes in the Maldives. Olialia (pronounced Oh-la-LA) has created a business empire in Lithuania, using its troupe of glitzy models with platinum hair to market just about anything from potato chips to pop music. There's Olialia pizz

A demonstrator wears a mock mask of Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, dressed as a pink rabbit with handcuffs during a protest outside Berlusconi's private residence, in Arcore, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, to demand Premier Silvio Berlusconi's resignation following allegations he paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl and used his office to cover it up. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)MILAN (AP) _ Critics of

Choi Hak-young, a 37-year-old office worker in Seoul, grew up seeing people smoking just about everywhere in South Korea, including at subway stations and even on city buses and airplanes.Today, South Korea is no longer a smokers’ haven. The social environment of smoking has changed so much over the years, and smokers like Choi too often find themselves unwelcome almost everywhere in the country.

The British High Court prohibited a man with an IQ of 48 from having sex, the British newspaper Daily Telegraph reported. The judge ordered that the man, known as Alan, should not be allowed to have sex because he “does not have the capacity to consent and engage in sexual relations.” The report said that Alan had been in a sexual relationship with a man he lived with in a house provided by the to

10-year pact limits each side's strategic warheads and heavy bombersMUNICH (AP) ― A new U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty has taken effect, securing a key foreign policy goal of President Barack Obama and raising hopes among officials on both sides that it will provide the impetus for Moscow and Washington to negotiate further reductions.“The treaty marks significant progress toward Presiden

BELGRADE (AFP) ― Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Belgrade on Saturday for a major opposition rally calling for the government to call early elections or risk new protests in April.Some 70,000 people gathered for the rally in front of the Serbian parliament in central Belgrade, an AFP correspondent said. Police estimates put the figure at 55,000.“I know you are dissatisfied,

 TUNIS (AP) ― Police fired at an angry crowd of 1,000 attacking the police station in the northwestern town of Kef on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 17 others, the Interior Ministry said.The official Tunisian news agency said the crowd had turned on police after the police chief “abused” a member of the community.A local journalist said the police chief slapped a woman during a demonstr

   CAIRO (AP) -- The leadership of Egypt's ruling party stepped down Saturday as the military figures spearheading the transition tried to placate protesters without giving them the one resignation they demand, President Hosni Mubarak's. The United States gave key backing to the regime's gradual changes, warning of the dangers if Mubarak goes too quickly.   But protesters in the streets rejected t

CAIRO (AFP) - Partisans of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarakstormed the Cairo stronghold of anti-regime protesters on Wednesday, sparking bloody clashes in which the government said three people were killed.Anti-government protestors demonstrate in Egypt.(AP-Yonhap) Washington, which has called for restraint since demonstrations broke outnine days ago, deplored the violence against "peaceful protes